title: Tungiasis.
abstract: A 24-year-old man developed slow-growing lesions on subungual and plantar areas that appeared a few weeks after returning from a trip to South America. The diagnosis of tungiasis was established by microscopic examination of a lesion. Tungiasis is rarely seen in non-endemic areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. marcello@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Grunwald
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shai
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mosovich
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Avinoach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D002506:Cephalexin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011206:Povidone-Iodine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005423:Siphonaptera; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013020:South America; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D011206:Povidone-Iodine; D002506:Cephalexin