Creeping eruption due to Spirurina type X larva

Lancet. 2014 Dec 6;384(9959):2082. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61644-5.

Authors

Teruhiko Makino¹, Naoya Mori², Hiromu Sugiyama³, Megumi Mizawa², Yuri Seki², Ko Kagoyama², Tadamichi Shimizu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. Electronic address: tmakino@med.u-toyama.ac.jp.
² Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
³ Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Japan.

PMID: 25483168
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61644-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Decapodiformes / parasitology
Humans
Larva
Larva Migrans / parasitology*
Male
Spirurida Infections / parasitology*
Spirurina / isolation & purification*