| Summary: | Rusłan Sałamatin,1,2,* Brygida Knysz,3 Wojciech Paszta,4 Edyta Lelonek,5 Olga Matos,6,7 Maria Wesołowska8,* 1Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine. Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 2Department of General Biology and Parasitology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 3Department of Infectious Diseases, Liver Diseases and Acquired Immune Deficiencies, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; 4Wrocław ZOO, Wrocław, Poland; 5Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; 6Medical Parasitology Unit, Group of Opportunistic Protozoa/HIV and Other Protozoa, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; 7Environmental Health Institute, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; 8Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Wrocław Medical University, Wrocław, Poland*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Rusłan Sałamatin, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine. Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland, Email rsalamatin@gmail.com Maria Wesołowska, Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology, Wrocław Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 9, 50-345 Wrocław, Poland, Email maria.wesolowska@umw.edu.plAbstract: Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a dermatosis caused by accidental infestation with animal hookworms and is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Humans become infected when their skin comes into contact with soil contaminated with dog faeces. The filariform larvae penetrate and burrow into human skin, causing a condition known as “creeping eruption”. We describe a case, well-documented by photos, of CLM infection in a family of three who returned from Thailand. Keywords: Cutaneous larva migrans, CLM, nematoda, Ancylostoma, Poland, Thailand
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