Skin conditions in the returned traveler
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PATHOGENS
- Papular eruptions: Sarcoptes scabiei, Onchocerca volvulus, non-human schistosomes (e.g., avian), Edwardsiella lineata larva (sea anemone), Linuche unguinculata (jellyfish), bedbugs, flea bites.
- Nodules/subcutaneous swellings: myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae, Dermatobia hominis larvae or Tunga penetrans; Loa loa; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense (more common to see nodule in this form).
- Ulcers: Staphylococcus aureus, Group A streptococci; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis complex; Mycobacterium marinum; Boutonnese fever (Rickettsia conorii group); Orientalis tsutsugamushi; Haemophilus ducreyi; Chlamydia trachomatis L serovars; Klebsiella granulomatis; Treponema pallidum; Herpes simplex virus.
- Geographic migratory and linear lesions: examples
- Non-human nematode larvae-Ancylostoma braziliense, A. caninum, Gnathostoma spp, zoonotic strongyloides, Spururina spp.
- Human nematode larvae: Strongyloides stercoralis.
- Migratory maggots.
- Adult nematodes: Loa loa; Dracunculus medinensis.
- Trematode larvae:, Fasciola giganta.
- Mites: Sarcoptes scabei.
- Exanthema: dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4; chikungunya virus; Rickettsia africae; R. conorii; other location-specific arthropod-borne rickettsioses.
- Additional systemic infections of travelers associated with skin lesions: (not a comprehensive list)
- Bartonella bacilliformis (Oroya fever, Verruga peruana, Carrion disease)
- Brucella spp.
- Ehrlichia spp.
- Enteroviruses
- Neisseria gonorrheae
- Acute HIV infection
- Leishmania major (visceral leishmaniasis)
- Leptospira spp.
- Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
- Measles
- Burkholderia pseudomallei
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Parvovirus
- Streptobacillus moniliformis (Rat bite fever)
- Spirillum minus (Rat bite fever)
- Borrelia recurrentis(louse-borne relapsing fever)
- Borrelia hermsii(or other species, Tick borne relapsing fever)
- Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease)
- Coccidioides spp.
- Paracoccidioides braziliensis
- Agents of dermatophytoses (fungal infections of the superficial keratinized areas of the body)
- Rickettsial spp. (15 species in the spotted fever group, 2 species in the typhus group, 3 serogroups in the scrub typhus/Orientalis biogroup)
- Tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA)
- Demacentor-borne necrosis eschar lymphadenopathy (DEBONEL)
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