Tungiasis

Background

From flea infestation

Clinical Features

→ indicates newly penetrated sand fleas; ▴ indicates older lesions; (A) baseline examination, (B) week 2, (C) week 6 and (D) week 10 of follow up.

Differential Diagnosis

Travel-related skin conditions

Papules
- Insect bites
- Scabies
- Seabather's eruption
- Cercarial dermatitis (Swimmer's Itch)
Sub Q Swelling and Nodules
- Myiasis
- Tungiasis
- Loa loa
- African Trypanosomiasis
- Onchocerciasis
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

See Also

References

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