A serologically diagnosed human case of cutaneous larva migrans caused by Ancylostoma caninum
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A 15-year-old boy, who had recently arrived back from a trip to Cambodia for a missionary camp,presented with several serpiginous thread-like skin lesions that began as small papules on the left upper extremities 2weeks before his visit to Hospital. The skin lesions were pruritic and erythematous, and had migrated to the chest andabdomen. The histopathological findings showed only lymphocytic and eosinophilic infiltrations in the dermis of thebiopsied skin lesion. The patient serum reacted strongly to the Ancylostoma caninum antigen by an ELISA method.Therefore, he was diagnosed with cutaneous larva migrans by A. caninum. After the oral administration ofalbendazole and ivermectin, the skin lesions resolved without recurrence. This is the first reported case of acutaneous larva migrans caused by Ancylostoma canimum diagnosed serologically using ELISA in Korea.
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A 15-year-old boy, who had recently arrived back from a trip to Cambodia for a missionary camp,presented with several serpiginous thread-like skin lesions that began as small papules on the left upper extremities 2weeks before his visit to Hospital. The skin lesions were pruritic and erythematous, and had migrated to the chest andabdomen. The histopathological findings showed only lymphocytic and eosinophilic infiltrations in the dermis of thebiopsied skin lesion. The patient serum reacted strongly to the Ancylostoma caninum antigen by an ELISA method.Therefore, he was diagnosed with cutaneous larva migrans by A. caninum. After the oral administration ofalbendazole and ivermectin, the skin lesions resolved without recurrence. This is the first reported case of acutaneous larva migrans caused by Ancylostoma canimum diagnosed serologically using ELISA in Korea.