title: Massive infestation of cutanea larva migrans.
abstract: Cutaneous larva migrans is a tropical disease that typically is acquired on exposed surfaces in patients who have been sitting or lying on moist ground or other surfaces which have been contaminated by dog or cat feces. A patient is reported who presented with typical, severely pruritic, migratory plaques after sleeping on a wet, bus station floor.
authors.affiliation: Baby Memorial Hospital, Indira Gandhi Road, Kerala State, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sugathan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000175:diagnosis; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D013827:Thiabendazole