title: Cutaneous larva migrans: a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks.
abstract: Cutaneous larva migrans is a common parasitic skin disease that can be easily prevented by wearing 'protective' footwear. However, this has been under-emphasized in terms of what constitutes the protective footwear. Even though the disease resolves spontaneously, the significant duration of the disease along with severity of pruritus make treatment unavoidable. Here, we present a very long-standing creeping eruption, which puzzled many attending clinicians handling the case, and the possibility of long socks as a causal effect on the development of cutaneous larva migrans infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. rukman@medic.upm.edu.my
authors.forename: Rukman Awang
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hamat
authors.forename: Anita Abd
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Malina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Ngah Zasmy
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Unyah
authors.forename: Wan Omar
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: Noor Hayati Mohd
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Isa
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult