title: Appearance of a reservoir of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in Brittany?
abstract: We describe two cases of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans acquired in Brittany (North-Western France). The patients were a 23-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man. In both patients the feet were involved. In the second patient, a superinfection due to Staphylococcus aureus was recorded. The appearance in Brittany of a reservoir of nematodes capable of causing hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans is hypothesized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Cà GrandaOspedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. stefano.veraldi@unimi.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Veraldi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Persico
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Francia
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: La Vela
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006725:Hookworm Infections; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult