Cutaneous larvae migrans; Ancylostoma braziliense

• Blisters
• Itching, may be more severe at night
• Raised, snakelike tracks in the skin that may spread over time, usually about 1 cm per day (severe infections may cause several tracks)

Your health care provider will usually diagnose this condition by looking at your skin. Rarely, a skin biopsy may be done to rule out other conditions.

Rarely, a blood test may be done to see if you have increased eosinophils.

Images

Hookworm - mouth of the organism

Strongyloidiasis, creeping eruption on the back

Cutaneous larva migrans

Hookworm - close-up of the organism

Hookworm - Ancylostoma caninum

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Review Date: 12/07/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)