Imported cutaneous gnathostomiasis: Report of five cases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-202

  Menard A ^a   Dos Santos, G ^b   Dekumyoy, P ^c   Ranque, S ^d   Delmont, J ^a   Danis, M ^b   Bricaire, F ^b   Caumes, Eric ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Chemotherapy; Cutaneous gnathostomiasis; Cutaneous larva migrans; Diagnosis; Gnathostoma hispidum; Travel

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FLUBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THELAZIA; TROPICAL DISEASE;

GNATHOSTOMA; NEMATODA; THELAZIA;

EID: 0142093211     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90119-2     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Akahane, H., Sano, M. & Kobayashi, M. (1998). Three cases of human gnathostomiasis caused by Gnathostoma hispidum with particular reference to the identification of parasitic larvae. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 29, 611-614.
2. Boongird, P., Phuapradit, P., Siridej, N., Chirachariyavej, T., Chuahirun, S. & Vejjajiva, A. (1977). Neurological manifestations of gnathostomiasis. Journal of Neurological Sciences, 31, 279-291.
3. Chabasse, D., Cauchy, A. C., de Gentile, L. & Bouchara, J. P. (1988). Human gnathostomiasis revealed by cutaneous larva migrans. A case report. Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de ses Filiales, 81, 326-331.
4. Chandenier, J., Husson, J., Canaple, S., Gondry-Jouet, C., Dekumyoy, P., Danis, M., Riveau, G., Hennequin, C., Rosa, A. & Raccurt, C. P. (2001). Medullary gnathostomiasis in a white patient: use of immunodiagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 32, 154-157.
5. Chappuis, F., Farinelli, T. & Loutan, L. (2001). Ivermectin treatment of a traveler who returned from Peru with cutaneous gnathostomiasis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 33, 17-19.
6. Crowley, J. J. & Kim, Y. H. (1995). Cutaneous gnathostomiasis. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 33, 825-828
7. Daengsvang, S. (1981). Gnathostomiasis in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 12, 319-332
8. del Giudice, P., Dellamonica, P., Durant, J., Rahelinrina, V., Grobusch, M. P., Janitschke, K., Dahan-Guedj, A. & Le Fichoux, Y. (2001). A case of gnathostomiasis in a European traveller returning from Mexico. British Journal of Dermatology, 145, 487-489
9. Diaz Camacho, S. P., Zazueta Ramos, M., Ponce Torrecillas, E., Osuna Ramirez, I., Castro Velazquez, R., Flores Gaxiola, A., Baquera Heredia, J., Willms, K., Akahane, H., Ogata, K. & Nawa, Y. (1998). Clinical manifestations and immunodiagnosis of gnathostomiasis in Culiacan, Mexico. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 59, 908-915.
10. Jelinek, T., Ziegler, M. & Loscher, T. (1994). Gnathostomiasis after a stay in Thailand. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 119, 1618-1622.
11. Kraivichian, P., Kulkumthorn, M., Yingyourd, P., Akarabovorn, P. & Paireepai, C. (1992). Albendazole for the treatment of human gnathostomiasis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene, 86, 418-421.
12. Kurokawa, M., Ogata, K., Sagawa, M. S., Miyaoka, Y., Noda, S. & Nawa, Y. (1998). Cutaneous and visceral larva migrans due to Gnathostoma doloresi infection via an unusual route. Archives of Dermatology, 134, 638-639.
13. Montero, E., Montero, J., Rosales, M. J. & Mascaro, C. (2001). Human gnathostomosis in Spain: first report in humans. Acta Tropica, 78, 59-62.
14. Moore, D. A. J., McCroddan, J., Dekumyoy, P. & Chiodini, P. L. (2003). Gnathostomiasis: an emerging imported disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9, 647-650.
15. Nontasut, P., Bussaratid, V., Chullawichit, S., Charoensook, N. & Visetsuk, K. (2000). Comparison of ivermectin and albendazole treatment for gnathostomiasis. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 31, 374-377.
16. Nopparatana, C., Tapchaisri, P., Setasuban, P., Chaicumpa, W. & Dekumyoy, P. (1988). Antibody responses in human gnathostomiasis. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 19, 219-224.
17. Parola, P., Dekumyoy, P., Delmont, J. & Brouqui, P. (2001). Clinical picture: gnathostomiasis. Lancet, 357, 1011. [Erratum: Parola, P. (2001). Gnathostomiasis. Lancet, 358, 332.]
18. Prommas, C. & Daengsvang, S. (1934). Nine cases of human gnathostomiasis. Indian Medical Gazette, 69, 207-210.
19. Rojekittikhun, W., Pubampen, S., Hiranyachattada, P., Chiamratana, B. & Setasuban, P. (1989). A survey on the infective larvae of Gnathostoma spinigerum in fresh water fish sold in the local markets in Bangkok. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 12, 7-12.
20. Ruiz-Maldonado, R. & Mosqueda-Cabrera, M. A. (1999). Human gnathostomiasis (nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis). International Journal of Dermatology, 38, 56-57.
21. Rusnack, J. M. & Lucey, D. R. (1993). Clinical gnathostomiasis: case report and review of the English-language literature. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16, 33-50.
22. Taniguchi, Y., Ando, K., Isoda, K., Shimizu, M. & Sonobe, K. (1992). Human gnathostomiasis: successful removal of Gnathostoma hispidum. International Journal of Dermatology, 31, 175-177.
23. Tapchaisri, P., Nopparatana, C., Chaicumpa, W. & Setasuban, P. (1991). Specific antigen of Gnathostoma spinigerum for immunodiagnosis of human gnathostomiasis. International Journal of Parasitology, 21, 315-319.