• Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. · Feb 2010

    Case Reports

    Cutaneous larva migrans: a neglected disease and possible association with the use of long socks.

    • Rukman Awang Hamat, Anita Abd Rahman, Malina Osman, Ngah Zasmy Unyah, Wan Omar Abdullah, and Noor Hayati Mohd Isa.
    • Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. rukman@medic.upm.edu.my
    • Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2010 Feb 1; 104 (2): 170-2.

    AbstractCutaneous larva migrans is a common parasitic skin disease that can be easily prevented by wearing 'protective' footwear. However, this has been under-emphasized in terms of what constitutes the protective footwear. Even though the disease resolves spontaneously, the significant duration of the disease along with severity of pruritus make treatment unavoidable. Here, we present a very long-standing creeping eruption, which puzzled many attending clinicians handling the case, and the possibility of long socks as a causal effect on the development of cutaneous larva migrans infection.Copyright 2009 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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