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Cutaneous infection with Tunga pemtrans
Author(s) -
DOUGLASJONES A. G.,
LLEWELYN M. B.,
MILLS C. M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02505.x
Subject(s) - flea , lesion , curettage , biology , medicine , veterinary medicine , surgery
Summary A 23‐year‐old man presented with a small black lesion at the distal margin of the right great toenail. He had returned from the Ivory Coast 1 month previously, having spent 6 weeks there. Histopathological examination of material extruded from the lesion showed a variety of arthropod internal organs, allowing a definitive diagnosis of infection with the ectoparasitic flea Tunga penetrans . Curettage of the lesion revealed a gravid adult female flea.