title: [Tungiasis. A clinical case].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina (División Sur), Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Spronhle
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Apt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eguiguren
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zulantay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*
vernacular_title: Tungiasis. Caso clinico.