Cercarial dermatitis: Difference between revisions
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*skin exposed to freshwater schistosomes or coastal water clam diggers itch | |||
==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
Revision as of 12:10, 1 September 2014
Background
- skin exposed to freshwater schistosomes or coastal water clam diggers itch
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
- Papules
- Insect bites
- Scabies
- Seabather's eruption
- Cercarial dermatitis (Swimmer's Itch)
- Macular
- Sub Q Swelling and Nodules
- Ulcers
- Tropical pyoderma
- Leishmaniasis
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Buruli ulcer
- Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm disease)
- Linear and Migratory Lesions
- Cutaneous larvae migrans
- Photodermatitis
See also domestic U.S. ectoparasites