ArticleAnais brasileiros de dermatologia2018
Gnathostomiasis: an emerging infectious disease relevant to all dermatologists.
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- Human gnathostomiasis - A systematic review and analysis of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
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- Human gnathostomiasis: A review on the biology of the parasite with special reference on the current therapeutic management.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2023Review
- Subretinal gnathostomiasis: A successful focal laser photocoagulation for a living parasite.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022Article
- Subcutaneous dirofilariosis in Italy: a diagnostic hypothesis to remind when the anamnesis is misleading.Pathologica · 2022Article
- Current and future strategies against cutaneous parasites.Pharmaceutical research · 2022Review
- Wild animal and zoonotic disease risk management and regulation in China: Examining gaps and One Health opportunities in scope, mandates, and monitoring systems.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Atypical gnathostomiasis-confirmed cutaneous larva migrans, Vietnam.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Helminth infections in fish in Vietnam: A systematic review.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2021Review
- Autochthonous Gnathostomiasis in Madagascar.Emerging infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Seroprevalence of Tissue and Luminal Helminths among Patients in Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Vietnam, 2018.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2020Article
- An autochthonous case of gnathostomiasis in the United States.JAAD case reports · 2020Article
- Gnathostomiasis acquired after consumption of raw freshwater fish in the Amazon region: a report of two cases in Brazil.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2020Article
- Emerging infections: mimickers of common patterns seen in dermatopathology.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2020Review
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Abstract
Gnathostomiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the third larval stage of nematodes of the genus Gnathostoma. The disease is endemic in some countries around the world. In the American continent, the majority of cases is concentrated in Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru. However, due to increasing traveling either at the intercontinental or intracontinental level, the disease is seen each time more frequently in tourists. Furthermore, countries, such as Brazil, that have never been considered endemic are reporting autochthonous cases. The disease usually presents as a deep-seated or slightly superficial migratory nodule in patients with history of eating raw fish, in the form of ceviche, sushi, or sashimi. Along with the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria include either blood or tissue eosinophilia. In most instances, these criteria are enough for the attending physician to institute therapy. Chances of finding the parasite are low, unless the biopsy is taken from a very specific area that develops after antiparasitic treatment is started. The potential of other organ involvement with more serious consequences should always be kept in mind.
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