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SKIN LESIONS IN THE TROPICS
Bacterial Skin infection
Impetigo
S.aureus
Follicultis
echtyma, erypsipelas, abscess
Dengue
Myalgia, headache, retro-orbital pain, maculopapular rash is seen
Diffuse erythema, pete- chiae, or haemorrhagic lesions can also be observed
Dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome can also occur among returned travellers
Leukopenia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia
Chikungunya
maculopapular rash
In trunk and extremities
Arthralgia, arthritis, tenosynovitis
Lymphopoenia is significantly more frequent in chikungunya
Schistosomiasis
Skin lesions, cough, malaise, headache, hepato- splenomegaly and marked eosinophilia
The urticarial rash appears in 30–50% of patients and may last for about 8 days
Rickettsial infections
Myalgia and skin lesions rash, cutaneous eschar
Severe manifestations
Multiple organ failure
Amblyomma
ticks
African tick-bite fever
Skin lesion
black eschar
maculopapular or vesicular rash
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Classic manifestation
painless ulcer
Ulcer with underrated margins with granulation tissue
Lession is found on areas of exposed skin such as the extremities or face
Skin lesion can develop within weeks to months of exposure
Cutaneous Larva migrans
Caused by hookworms
hookwotm larvae penetrate the skin and migrate in the superficial tissue
Incubation period is 1 month
Pruritic popular or vesiculobullous rash
Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloides stercoralis
Larvae penetration the intact skin
serpiginous creeping lesion
pruritus, mostly around the anus and anywhere on the trunk
visible linear
urticarial rash in an individual who has already been sensitised
Buttocks
last 1-2 days
Myasis
erythematous furuncle
Incubation 7 days to 3 weeks
Furuncular lesion
Sensation of movement within the skin
Risk factors
open wounds and peripheral vascular disease
Cite
Korzeniewski.K(2015) Skin lesions in returning travellers. Review paper