Pelodera strongyloides infestation presenting as pruritic dermatitis.
Pelodera strongyloides is a free-living soil nematode of the order Rhabditida. We report an 18-year-old man with P strongyloides skin infestation. In this case, pruritic follicular papulopustules developed on the buttocks, then the right flank. Skin scrapings revealed many live rhabditiform larvae that were cultured adult worms and hatched ova, identified as P strongyloides . The eruption was treated effectively with topical 1% gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane ointment.
Tanaka
Akio
A
Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan. akiotan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kinoshita
Maiko
M
Tanaka
Toshihiko
T
Iwanaga
Yuzuru
Y
Kagei
Noboru
N
Hide
Michihiro
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000469:parasitology*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane