Appearance of a reservoir of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in Brittany?

G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2012 Dec;147(6):649-52.

Abstract

We describe two cases of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans acquired in Brittany (North-Western France). The patients were a 23-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man. In both patients the feet were involved. In the second patient, a superinfection due to Staphylococcus aureus was recorded. The appearance in Brittany of a reservoir of nematodes capable of causing hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans is hypothesized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Disease Reservoirs / parasitology*
  • Female
  • France
  • Hookworm Infections*
  • Humans
  • Larva Migrans*
  • Male
  • Young Adult