title: Pelodera strongyloides infestation presenting as pruritic dermatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan. akiotan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kagei
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hide
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane