Photo quiz: Risk in travelers after barefoot sand walking in tropical countries

Marne, C. ; Pereira, J. ; Ruiz, S. ; Báez, N. ; Rezusta, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Patient 1 was a 44-year-old woman, a journalist, who was attended to at the emergency unit of Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet for two pruriginous small lesions, each with a blackish center and a hyperkeratotic halo, on the heel of the right foot and a larger lesion adjacent to the distal edge of the nail of the fifth finger, approximately 1 cm in diameter. The previous month, she had traveled to Tanzania and Zanzibar Island, performing barefoot walks on sandy beaches and rocky areas. During the trip, she had presented an episode of gener- alized pruritus. The injuries were punctured with iodine anti- septic application, and the serous material was sent to the mi- crobiology laboratory. The direct microscopic examination showed brownish structures of arthropod parts and ovoid structures (Fig. 1, left). Resolution was satisfactory.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00525-13

Año: 2015

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 53, 1 (2015), 1
ISSN: 0095-1137

Factor impacto JCR: 3.631 (2015)

Categ. JCR: MICROBIOLOGY rank: 36 / 123 = 0.293 (2015) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.206 - Microbiology (medical) (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Microbiología (Dpto. Microb.Med.Pr.,Sal.Públ.)