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Creeping Eruption

MedGen UID:
9680
Concept ID:
C0023048
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Creeping Eruptions; Dew Itch; Dew Itchs; Eruption, Creeping; Eruptions, Creeping; Ground Itch; Ground Itchs; Itch, Dew; Itch, Ground; Itchs, Dew; Itchs, Ground; Larva Migrans

Definition

Infections caused by nematode larvae which never develop into the adult stage and migrate through various body tissues. They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in man. Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans. Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCreeping Eruption

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Blackwell V, Vega-Lopez F
Br J Dermatol 2001 Sep;145(3):434-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04406.x. PMID: 11531833
Davis CM, Israel RM
Arch Dermatol 1968 Mar;97(3):325-6. PMID: 5641336
KATZ R, ZIEGLER J, BLANK H
Arch Dermatol 1965 May;91:420-4. doi: 10.1001/archderm.1965.01600110006002. PMID: 14275876

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Tian Y, Monsel G, Paris L, Danis M, Caumes E
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2023 Feb 1;108(2):340-345. Epub 2022 Dec 19 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0135. PMID: 36535252Free PMC Article
Del Giudice P, Hakimi S, Vandenbos F, Magana C, Hubiche T
Acta Derm Venereol 2019 Jul 1;99(9):805-808. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3217. PMID: 31073620
Haber R, Bachour J
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2018 Jul-Aug;84(4):440. doi: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_561_17. PMID: 29536974
Yap FB
Int J Infect Dis 2010 Jun;14(6):e545. Epub 2009 Nov 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.006. PMID: 19889564
Magaña M, Messina M, Bustamante F, Cazarín J
Am J Dermatopathol 2004 Apr;26(2):91-5. doi: 10.1097/00000372-200404000-00001. PMID: 15024188

Prognosis

Romano C, Albanese G, Gianni C
Eur J Dermatol 2004 Jan-Feb;14(1):58-60. PMID: 14965799
Ménard A, Dos Santos G, Dekumyoy P, Ranque S, Delmont J, Danis M, Bricaire F, Caumes E
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2003 Mar-Apr;97(2):200-2. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90119-2. PMID: 14584378
Caumes E, Ly F, Bricaire F
Br J Dermatol 2002 Feb;146(2):314-6. doi: 10.1046/j.0007-0963.2001.04531.x. PMID: 11903247
Blackwell V, Vega-Lopez F
Br J Dermatol 2001 Sep;145(3):434-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04406.x. PMID: 11531833
KATZ R, ZIEGLER J, BLANK H
Arch Dermatol 1965 May;91:420-4. doi: 10.1001/archderm.1965.01600110006002. PMID: 14275876

Clinical prediction guides

Koth VS, Salum FG, de Carvalho ALH, Maito FLD, Payeras M, Cherubini K
J Oral Sci 2024;66(3):202-205. doi: 10.2334/josnusd.24-0113. PMID: 39010170
Ramondetta A, Ribero S, Quaglino P, Broganelli P
Emerg Infect Dis 2021 Jan;27(1):281-283. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.203137. PMID: 33350908Free PMC Article
Luo DQ, Liang YH, Li XQ, Zhao YK, Wang F, Sarkar R
Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 May;95(19):e3660. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003660. PMID: 27175694Free PMC Article
Quashie NB, Tsegah E
Pan Afr Med J 2015;21:285. Epub 2015 Aug 13 doi: 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.285.5612. PMID: 26587135Free PMC Article
Monsel G, Caumes E
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2008 Oct;21(5):495-9. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32830ce770. PMID: 18725799

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