Cutaneous larva migrans due to Pelodera strongyloides.
A twenty-year-old landscape worker was evaluated for a widespread cutaneous eruption consisting of papules, pustules, and burrows. Cutaneous scrapings revealed live and dead larvae of a free-living soil nematode, Pelodera strongyloides. This is the third instance of human dermatitis due to this organism, and the first reported in an adult host.
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013322:Strongyloidiasis; D013781:Texas; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013827:Thiabendazole