Ivermectin treatment of a traveler who returned from Peru with cutaneous gnathostomiasis.

Chappuis, F; Farinelli, T; Loutan, L · Clin Infect Dis · 2001

case_report · Level V

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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.

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