[Tungiasis. A clinical case].
A 22 year old Chilean male presented with necrotic lesions of the 5 toes of the right foot and the heal of the left foot. He had spent 7 months traveling in the Amazona region of Brazil. Surgery was performed to clean the areas where eggs of Tunga penetrans were identified.
Spronhle
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Unidad de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina (División Sur), Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
Apt
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Eguiguren
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Pérez
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Zulantay
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*
Tungiasis. Caso clinico.