Incubation period
Usual time from infectious exposure to symptoms is 7 to 10 days...
Albendazole
1st-line recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Used by the World Health Organization (WHO) in children 1 year and older at reduced dosing
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Symptoms persist for 8 weeks but up to 1 year in untreated patients.
Those with extensive involvement should be seen after treatment to be certai...
American Academy of Pediatrics. Cutaneous larva migrans. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, et al, eds. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 30th ed. ...
126.9 Ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis, unspecified
126.2 Ancylostomiasis due to ancylostoma braziliense
B76.9 Hookworm disease, unspeci...
Q: Can children spread the infection to each other?
A: The usual spread of infection is from direct contact with the larvae. Person-to-person spread does not occur.
Q: What is the role of treatment ...
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FIG. 6.18. Cutaneous larval migrans. The larvae of this parasite penetrate the skin and migrate subcutaneously, causing serpiginous lesions. Invasion generally occurs through the sole of the foot when children walk on contaminated sand or soil without shoes. Treatment is with thiabendazole.
FIG. 6.18. Cutaneous larval migrans. The larvae of this parasite penetrate the skin and migrate subcutaneously, causing serpiginous lesion...
Cutaneous larva migrans on the sole of another college student who "stepped on something on the beach in Brazil
Cutaneous larva migrans on the sole of a college student reuned from a tropical vacation