Vulvitis migratoria causada por gnatostomiasis importada

dc.contributor.authorRosas, Reinaldo
dc.contributor.authorMarcotti, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorWeitzel, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-05T22:10:57Z
dc.date.available2022-07-05T22:10:57Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractGnathostomiasis is an emerging disease in non-endemic countries. This zoonotic nematode requires aquatic freshwater environments to complete its life cycle where larvae get encrusted in fishes. Typically, the infection manifests as migratory subcutaneous lesion caused by the larvae trak, which produces an eosinophilic panniculitis. Here we describe a patient who presented a migratory lesion with no response to antimicrobial therapy, a careful travel and food history together with specific laboratory tests led to the correct diagnosis. Gnathostomiasis should be suspected in patients with migratory skin lesions who have consumed raw freshwater fish during travel to endemic countries in South America or Aes
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dc.identifier.citationRosas, Reinaldo, Marcotti, Alejandra, Weitzel, Thomas, & Thompson, Luis. (2019). Vulvitis migratoria causada por gnatostomiasis importada. Revista chilena de infectología, 36(5), 670-673. https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-10182019000500670es
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4067/S0716-10182019000500670es
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11447/6300
dc.language.isoeses
dc.subjectGnathostomiasises
dc.subjectEosinophiliaes
dc.subjectPanniculitises
dc.subjectTravelerses
dc.titleVulvitis migratoria causada por gnatostomiasis importadaes
dc.title.alternativeMigratory vulvitis caused by imported gnathostomiasises
dc.typeArticlees
dcterms.sourceRevista chilena de infectologíaes

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