title: [Eosinophilic pneumonia in response to cutaneous larva migrans syndrome--a case report].
abstract: Cutaneous larva migrans is a parasitic dermatosis imported by travelers returning from tropical and subtropical regions. In cutaneous larva migrans syndrome humans are incidental hosts and the larvae are unable to complete their natural cycle. Adult hookworms live in the intestines of dogs and cats, shedding eggs in feces that hatch and mature into larvae that can remain infective for months in the soil. Larvae penetrate the skin after contact with infected soil and cause an itchy creeping eruption. Cutaneous larva migrans is not usually associated with systemic symptoms and is rarely accompanied by peripheral blood eosinophilia. We report a patient who had both cutaneous larva migrans syndrome caused by Ancylostoma brasiliense and eosinophilic pneumonia after returning from Sri Lanka. The patient has been applied intravenous corticosteroids and local treatment with albendazole ointment with a very good clinical response.
authors.affiliation: linika Chorób Wewnętrznych Klatki Piersiowej Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie. szymon.darocha@gmail.com
authors.forename: Szymon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Darocha
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wawrzyńska
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oniszh
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dziewulska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology*; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014195:Travel; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents