THE TREATMENT OF CREEPING ERUPTION WITH SODIUM ANTIMONY BISCATECHOL (FUADIN)
- 13 November 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 123 (11) , 694-695
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1943.82840460002007b
Abstract
Creeping eruption, or larva migrans, is a condition characterized by progressive, linear burrows caused by the larvae of a number of different parasites. The larvae of flies and intestinal parasites have been reported as causing this condition. The larvae are found most abundantly in warm, sandy soil. They penetrate into the epidermis and migrate slowly, causing intense subjective symptoms. The larvae do not penetrate deeper- than the epidermis. The majority of cases in this country result from the larvae of the dog and cat hookworm.1This abnormality is apparently most prevalent in the southeastern portion of the United States, especially Florida. There have been seen in this clinic 2 cases which were acquired on the beaches of Virginia. The treatment usually recommended is freezing or cauterization of the skin at the site of the parasite. The parasite is usually present in the area around the advancing end of theKeywords
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