Catalog

Cutaneous strongyloidiasis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Cutaneous strongyloidiasis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1956685210

An infestation of the skin with larvae of the nematode roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis. Larvae may reach the skin either by direct penetration of the skin or by autoinfection from larvae of intestinal worms. Clinical signs are similar to cutaneous larva migrans but the larvae move across the skin faster than in that condition and there is often associated urticaria.