title: Cutaneous Strongyloides Infection Postchemotherapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  While clinical symptoms of strongyloidiasis are often nonspecific, larva currens (with erythematous, serpiginous, and pruritic papules and plaques) should prompt investigation including stool microscopy, serology, and skin biopsy of the lesion. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment with ivermectin is necessary, especially in the immunocompromised patient who is at increased risk for hyperinfection syndrome and disseminated disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present a 61-year-old immunocompromised man with presentation of larva currens of cutaneous strongyloides infection without symptoms of hyperinfection or disseminated disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada erica.merman@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merman
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siddha
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jay S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Keystone
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Habeeb
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Danny
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghazarian
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Ajith
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cy
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Cheryl F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Rosen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: cutaneous strongyloidiasis; immunocompromised; infectious disease