Also known as “creeping eruption,” cutaneous larva migrans generally results from penetration of the skin by the larvae of human and animal hookworms, commonly Ancylostoma caninum (dog) and ...

Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by the epidermal migration of the filariform larvae of various hookworm and occasionally, dog tapeworm, species. The most common type is due to the dog/cat hookworm ...

This patient was seen in the outpatient department of the Tropical Medicine Institute. History: 31 yo female with 12 days of a pruritic rash characterized by multiple erythematous small papular ...

Cutaneous larva migrans is a skin condition in which the larvae of some hookworm species migrate within the skin to produce an intensely pruritic, serpiginous or linear rash. This is known as a ...