Ivermectin treatment of a traveler who returned from Peru with cutaneous gnathostomiasis. |
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| Authors: | F Chappuis T Farinelli L Loutan |
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| Affiliation: | Travel and Migration Medicine Unit, Department of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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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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