It’s Time to Distinguish the Sign ‘Creeping Eruption’ from the Syndrome ‘Cutaneous Larva Migrans’

Caumes, Éric

doi:10.1159/000095032

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“…The present results have to be treated with a little caution because they are based only on a clinical diagnosis of current HrCLM and self-diagnosis of recent HrCLM, and other conditions that may cause creeping eruptions, such as scabies, gnathostomiasis, loiasis or dracunculiasis, may be mistaken for HrCLM (Caumes, 2006). The entire body of each subject was specifically checked for (and found free of) the typical clinical signs of scabies, however, and no gnathostomiasis, loiasis or dracunculiasis has ever been reported in the study area.…”

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confidence: 92%

Prevalence and risk factors of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in a rural community in Brazil

Heukelbach

Jackson

Ariza

et al. 2008

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

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The epidemiology of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM) in endemic communities is not well understood. To describe the prevalence of HrCLM and to identify environmental and behavioural risk factors for the infestation, two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in a small village in an endemic area of north-eastern Brazil - one in the rainy season and the other in the dry season. The members of each household were examined clinically for the presence of HrCLM, and information on possible risk factors was collected. HrCLM, which was diagnosed in 45 individuals in the rainy-season survey and in 17 in the dry-season survey, was significantly more prevalent in the rainy season (4.4% v. 1.7%; P<0.001). The age-specific prevalences peaked, at 14.9%, in infants and children aged < or = 4 years. In a logistic regression analysis, the independent risk factors for current infestation or infestation in the preceding 6 months were identified as young age (odds ratio = 0.96; 95% confidence interval = 0.94-0.98), living in a house without a solid floor (odds ratio = 1.99; 95% confidence interval = 1.22-3.23), and walking barefoot (odds ratio = 1.77; 95% confidence interval = 1.12-2.80). In the study area, therefore, HrCLM is a common parasitic skin disease in children, is associated with behavioural and environmental risk factors, and shows marked seasonality in its prevalence. Local control of HrCLM should be based primarily on the health education of mothers and the elder girls who take care of their younger siblings.

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Prevalence and risk factors of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in a rural community in Brazil

Heukelbach

Jackson

Ariza

et al. 2008

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

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“…Some species of Ancylostoma present zoonotic potential 8 , as Ancylostoma braziliense and Ancylostoma caninum, who are the etiologic agents of the diseases known as cutaneous larva migrans 9 and eosinophilic enteritis 16 .…”

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Occurrence of Ancylostoma in dogs, cats and public places from Andradina city, São Paulo state, Brazil

Coelho

Amarante

Apolinário

et al. 2011

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYThe aim of this study was to determine the frequency and intensity of Ancylostoma spp. in 33 dogs and 52 cats by means of coproparasitological examinations and parasitological necropsy, and assess the presence of contaminated feces with eggs of that parasite in public places of Andradina Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil. (13/19). No association was observed between the number of Ancylostoma spp parasites and age, sex and breed of the animals and also the ratio of EPG counts and the parasitic intensity observed at necropsy (p > 0.05). Based on the high occurrence of hookworm in dogs and cats in this study, the treatment with anti helminthics are needed even in those animals with negative stool tests, besides adopting control of the number of animals in public places, in order to decrease the likelihood of environmental contamination, since this parasite represents a potential hazard to human and animal health.

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“…As creeping eruption is a cutaneous sign defined as a actively linear or serpiginous cutaneous track with slightly elevated erythema, and can be caused by larvae as well as hair, we believe that the sign of creeping eruption must be distinguished from the syndrome of cutaneous larva migrans 1 . We also believe that “cutaneous pili migrans” may be a more appropriate way to describe the disease than any other designation, because it is not known whether any other agent may be able to produce such a lesion.…”

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“…Creeping eruption is a well‐known cutaneous condition characterized clinically by a winding, twisting, or serpiginous, slightly elevated, erythematous, linear skin lesion that moves forwards in an irregular pattern over days. It is caused by animal hookworm and other nematode larvae, or by parasites and larvae of parasitic flies 1 . Nevertheless, since 1957, there have been 20 reported cases demonstrating that a hair shaft moving in the shallow epidermis produces an eruption reminiscent of cutaneous larva migrans 2–8 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Cutaneous pili migrans: a case report and review of the literature

et al. 2009

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It’s Time to Distinguish the Sign ‘Creeping Eruption’ from the Syndrome ‘Cutaneous Larva Migrans’

Cited by 40 publications

References 7 publications

Prevalence and risk factors of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in a rural community in Brazil

Prevalence and risk factors of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in a rural community in Brazil

Occurrence of Ancylostoma in dogs, cats and public places from Andradina city, São Paulo state, Brazil

Cutaneous pili migrans: a case report and review of the literature

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