A serologically diagnosed human case of cutaneous larva migrans caused by Ancylostoma caninum.
A 15-year-old boy, who had recently arrived back from a trip to Cambodia for a missionary camp, presented with several serpiginous thread-like skin lesions that began as small papules on the left upper extremities 2 weeks before his visit to Hospital. The skin lesions were pruritic and erythematous, and had migrated to the chest and abdomen. The histopathological findings showed only lymphocytic and eosinophilic infiltrations in the dermis of the biopsied skin lesion. The patient's serum reacted strongly to the Ancylostoma caninum antigen by an ELISA method. Therefore, he was diagnosed with cutaneous larva migrans by A. caninum. After the oral administration of albendazole and ivermectin, the skin lesions resolved without recurrence. This is the first reported case of a cutaneous larva migrans caused by Ancylostoma canimum diagnosed serologically using ELISA in Korea.
Kwon
In-Ho
IH
Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Hyung-Su
HS
Lee
Jong-Hee
JH
Choi
Min-Ho
MH
Chai
Jong-Yil
JY
Nakamura-Uchiyama
Fukumi
F
Nawa
Yukifumi
Y
Cho
Kwang-Hyun
KH
D000293:Adolescent; D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth