title: Cutaneous amebiasis in children.
abstract: A 7-month-old girl developed cutaneous amebiasis of the perianal and genital areas in association with amebic dysentery. The diagnosis was based on the identification of Entamoeba histolytica by skin biopsy. She was treated with dehydroemetine and metronidazole with excellent results. This is only the eighth reported case of this disease in a child.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dermatology Clinic, Hospital General de México/Universidad Nacional A. de México, Mexico City.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magaña-García
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arista-Viveros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000150:complications; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010502:Perineum; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000977:Antiparasitic Agents