An itchy holiday.
A 33-year-old Dutch woman developed itchy skin lesions during a beach holiday in Thailand. She was treated for various diagnoses, without success. Finally she was successfully treated for a clinically suspected hookwormrelated folliculitis. A brief overview of hookworm-related folliculitis is given.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases section, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
van Gompel
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Rijnders
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Caumes
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den Hollander
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D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006693:Holidays; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009426:Netherlands; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel
D000871:Anthelmintics; D008463:Mebendazole; D015766:Albendazole