Cutaneous larva migrans in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Rate of correct diagnosis made by the referring primary care doctors

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 405-408

  Yap, Felix Boon Bin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Correct diagnosis; Cutaneous larva migrans; Dermatology; Malaysia; Primary care doctors; Serpiginous tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PRURITUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958710225     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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