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Appearance of a reservoir of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in Brittany?
S Veraldi1, M C Persico, C Francia
1Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Cà GrandaOspedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. stefano.veraldi@unimi.it
Abstract:
We describe two cases of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans acquired in Brittany (North-Western France). The patients were a 23-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man. In both patients the feet were involved. In the second patient, a superinfection due to Staphylococcus aureus was recorded. The appearance in Brittany of a reservoir of nematodes capable of causing hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans is hypothesized.
