Update on parasitic dermatoses

Alberto Eduardo Cox Cardoso; Alberto Eduardo Oiticica Cardoso; Carolina Talhari; Monica Santos

doi:10.1016/j.abd.2019.12.001

Update on parasitic dermatoses

An Bras Dermatol. 2020 Jan-Feb;95(1):1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2019.12.001. Epub 2019 Dec 31.

Authors

Alberto Eduardo Cox Cardoso¹, Alberto Eduardo Oiticica Cardoso², Carolina Talhari³, Monica Santos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Professor Alberto Antunes University Hospital, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
² Department of Dermatology, Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brazil. Electronic address: albertooiticica@gmail.com.
³ Graduate Program of the Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Department of Teaching and Research, Fundação Alfredo da Matta de Dermatologia, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Tropical Dermatology Outpatient Clinic, Fundação Alfredo da Matta de Dermatologia, Manaus, AM, Brazil.

Abstract

These are cutaneous diseases caused by insects, worms, protozoa, or coelenterates which may or may not have a parasitic life. In this review the main ethological agents, clinical aspects, laboratory exams, and treatments of these dermatological diseases will be studied.

Keywords: Drug therapy; Larva migrans; Lice infestations; Myiasis; Onchocerciasis; Scabies; Skin diseases, parasitic; Tungiasis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Dermoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy*
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / pathology*
Time Factors