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Cercarial dermatitis contracted via contact with an aquarium: case report and review
R Fölster-Holst1, R Disko, J Röwert
1Department of Dermatology, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Schittenhelmstrasse 7, 24105 Kiel, Germany. rfoelsterholst@dermatology.uni-kiel.de
The British Journal of Dermatology
|November 13, 2001
Abstract:
Cercarial dermatitis ('swimmer's itch') is an itchy inflammatory response to the penetration of the skin by non-human Schistosoma parasites. It is commonly contracted while swimming or wading in lakes. We report a biology teacher who developed the dermatitis after cleaning the school aquarium in which he kept a water snail and some fish.