#cutaneousLarvaMigrans Diagnosis is clinical. Labs & biopsy are not needed. No treatment is required unless multiple lesions or severe infestation: albendazole & ivermectin are first-line systemic therapies. Oral albendazole, 400 mg dx3 to 5 days, is very effective with cure rates nearing 100% #CLM
#CLM most commonly transmitted by animal feces depositing eggs in soil/sand, with larvae entering humans through direct contact with skin. #CutaneousLarvaMigrans is distinguished from cutaneous manifestation of Strongyloides stercoralis infection termed larva currens
Cutaneous larva migrans #CLM a characteristic serpiginous skin lesion which may be seen in travelers Carribean & Americas. most common causative organisms are #Ancylostoma braziliense and Ancylostoma caninum #CutaneousLarvaMigrans #IDsky
