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Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks

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 o...

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Main Authors: Awang Hamat, Rukman, Abdul Rahman, Anita, Osman, Malina, Unyah, Ngah Zasmy, Abdullah, Wan Omar, Mohd Isa, Noor Hayati
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Published: Oxford University Press 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13845/1/Cutaneous%20larva%20migrans.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.138452016-02-03T03:57:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13845/ Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks Awang Hamat, Rukman Abdul Rahman, Anita Osman, Malina Unyah, Ngah Zasmy Abdullah, Wan Omar Mohd Isa, Noor Hayati 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. Oxford University Press 2010-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13845/1/Cutaneous%20larva%20migrans.pdf Awang Hamat, Rukman and Abdul Rahman, Anita and Osman, Malina and Unyah, Ngah Zasmy and Abdullah, Wan Omar and Mohd Isa, Noor Hayati (2010) Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104 (2). pp. 170-172. ISSN 0035-9203; ESSN: 1878-3503 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.019
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description 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.
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author Awang Hamat, Rukman
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Osman, Malina
Unyah, Ngah Zasmy
Abdullah, Wan Omar
Mohd Isa, Noor Hayati
spellingShingle Awang Hamat, Rukman
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Osman, Malina
Unyah, Ngah Zasmy
Abdullah, Wan Omar
Mohd Isa, Noor Hayati
Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
author_facet Awang Hamat, Rukman
Abdul Rahman, Anita
Osman, Malina
Unyah, Ngah Zasmy
Abdullah, Wan Omar
Mohd Isa, Noor Hayati
author_sort Awang Hamat, Rukman
title Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
title_short Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
title_full Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
title_fullStr Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
title_sort cutaneous larva migrans : a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13845/1/Cutaneous%20larva%20migrans.pdf
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