Dioctophymatid nematode larva found from human skin with creeping eruption.
A female dioctophymatid nematode larva, presumably belonging to the genus Dioctophyme, was found in a dermal granuloma accompanied by creeping eruption in the left inner thigh of a 26-yr-old Chinese woman who had stayed in Japan for 4 yr. Morphology of the sectioned worm is described in detail. This is the fourth case of dermal infection with dioctophymatid larva in humans.
Urano
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Urano Surgical Clinic, Nagasaki, Japan.
Hasegawa
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H
Katsumata
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T
Toriyama
K
K
Aoki
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Y
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017159:Dioctophymatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology*