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Mucocutaneous manifestations of helminth infections: Trematodes and cestodes.
J Am Acad Dermatol
December 2015
Center for Clinical Studies, Houston, Texas; Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas.
In the 21st century, despite increased international travel for vacation, work, and medical missions and immigration into the United States, there is little published in the dermatology literature regarding the cutaneous manifestations of helminth infections. It has been estimated that 20% to 70% of international travelers suffer from some travel-related health problem. Approximately 17% of travelers seek medical care because of cutaneous disorders, many related to infectious etiologies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMucocutaneous manifestations of helminth infections: Nematodes.
J Am Acad Dermatol
December 2015
Center for Clinical Studies, Houston, Texas; Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas.
In the 21st century, despite increased globalization through international travel for business, medical volunteerism, pleasure, and immigration/refugees into the United States, there is little published in the dermatology literature regarding the cutaneous manifestations of helminth infections. Approximately 17% of travelers seek medical care because of cutaneous disorders, many related to infectious etiologies. This review will focus on the cutaneous manifestations of helminth infections and is divided into 2 parts: part I focuses on nematode infections, and part II focuses on trematode and cestode infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTreatment of human Mansonella streptocerca infection with ivermectin.
Trop Med Int Health
February 1997
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Helminthology, Hamburg, Germany.
We studied the short-term effects of a single dose of 150 micrograms/kg body weight ivermectin on Mansonella streptocerca in an area endemic for streptocerciasis, but not for onchocerciasis, in western Uganda. Six and 12 days after treatment no microfilaria (mf) were found in the skin of 53 out of 96 mf carriers living in 3 villages, and the geometric means of the mf densities of remaining mf carriers were only 33-40% of pretreatment levels. This reduction of mf density was highly significant (P < 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence of depigmentation of the shins: a simple and cheap way to screen for severe endemic onchocerciasis in Africa.
Bull World Health Organ
March 1994
Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté et CHU d'Amiens, France.
The prevalence of skin depigmentation in the pretibial region is closely correlated in the adult Congolese population with conventional indices (microfilarial index, mean microfilarial density, cyst index) for the evaluation of endemic onchocerciasis. Individuals over 15 years of age in endemic villages who had a microfilarial index of 80-90%, had a cystic index of 60-70% and a pretibial depigmentation index about 20% (30-40% for individuals aged > 50 years). Thus, in Africa, this new evaluation index offers a simple, noninvasive, quick and cheap way to identify areas where the level of endemic onchocerciasis is probably high and which are likely to benefit from an anti-onchocerciasis campaign.
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