Cutaneous larva migrans - A case report in amplas community health centre, Medan

Abstract

Cutaneous Larva Migrans (CLM) is one of the most helminthic skin infestations, frequently in tropics and subtropics countries, including Southeastern United States, Central, and South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. The infected cats and dogs usually defecate in sandpits, seashore, or areas with loose, wet soils where also being the natural environments for the larvae. Human is the dead-end hosts that the filariform larvae in humans are not capable of maturation. The larvae keep moving approximately 2 - 3 cm/day. During its migration, an itchy erythematous. CLM is a self-limiting disease, the spontaneous resolution coming up within a few weeks. But most patients used to receive anti-parasite therapy, such as Albendazole or Ivermectin.