Ivermectin Treatment of a TravelerWho Returned from Peru with Cutaneous Gnathostomiasis
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- 15 August 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (4) , e17-e19
- https://doi.org/10.1086/322625
Abstract
We describe a 21-year-old patient who experienced a relapse of cutaneous gnathostomiasis after receiving initial treatment with albendazole and who had a successful outcome after receiving a short course of ivermectin for the relapse. This is the first reported case of gnathostomiasis acquired by a human in Peru.Keywords
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