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creeping eruption
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2008-12-18 11:12
| Definition: | Infestation by parasite (most commonly Ancylostoma braziliense (dog and cat hookworm)). After a human contacts infected excrement (often on a beach), the hookworm penetrates the skin and wanders in irregular channels through the stratum corneum (most often on the feet). AKA cutaneous larva migrans, larva migrans |
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