title: Tungiasis (tungosis) comes to the Czech Republic.
abstract: A case of a 39 year old patient in whom infection by the sand flea Tunga penetrans was diagnosed by histological examination is described. Clinical findings included small red lesions on the lower extremities, containing a pyodermic component and a central black dot resembling tattoo. A tropical parasitic disease was considered as the signs developed following the patient's return from Tanzania.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Dermatovenerology, Faculty Hospital Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pospísilová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pirochtová
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D018153:Czech Republic; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera