Tungiasis

Australas J Dermatol. 2000 Feb;41(1):46-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2000.00388.x.

Abstract

A 24-year-old man developed slow-growing lesions on subungual and plantar areas that appeared a few weeks after returning from a trip to South America. The diagnosis of tungiasis was established by microscopic examination of a lesion. Tungiasis is rarely seen in non-endemic areas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Cephalexin / therapeutic use
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
  • Foot Dermatoses / drug therapy
  • Foot Dermatoses / parasitology*
  • Foot Dermatoses / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Povidone-Iodine / therapeutic use
  • Siphonaptera*
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
  • South America
  • Travel

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • Povidone-Iodine
  • Cephalexin