[Tungiasis affects a chilean turist].
Tungiasis is a cutaneous ectoparasitosis caused by the female sand flea Tunga penetrans whose higher prevalence occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, South América and the Caribbean. We report a case of a 23 year old chilean male who presented dermal lesions suggestive of tungiasis on his return from Brazil. The diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy, identifying the arthropod and an egg from one of the lesions. The natural history, co-morbidities and treatment options were reviewed.
Vergara M
Cristian
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Departamento de Medicina Interna, Escuela de Medicina Dirección de PostGrado y Post Título, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Santiago, Chile. vergaravalpo@gmail.com
Barthel M
Elizabeth
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Labarca M
Eduardo
E
Neira O
Patricia
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Espinoza E
Roberto
R
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002677:Chile; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005423:Siphonaptera; D014195:Travel