Larva currens in a patient scheduled for renal transplant.
We present a case of larva currens in a patient scheduled for renal transplant. Larva currens is an eruption caused by Strongyloides stercoralis, characterized most often by a pathognomonic, migratory, rapidly extending, serpiginous, urticarial eruption. Infected patients who are immunocompromised are at risk for disseminated and often fatal infection. In disseminated disease, diffuse petechiae and purpura may be present, and periumbilical ecchymoses may resemble thumbprints. The dermatologist may be in a unique position to diagnose this condition and institute therapy. Although found endemically in the United States, the increasingly international nature of medical practice and transplantation medicine causes an increase in the number of patients who may present for evaluation.
Department of Dermatology Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Virginia C
VC
Hall
Nasimul
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Ahsan
James H
JH
Keeling
D000818:Animals; D004802:Eosinophilia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology