Creeping cutaneous eruption is most commonly due to:
Correct Answer: Ancylostoma duodenale
Description: Hook Worm (Ankylostoma duodenale) Poal of entry- skin Adult worm in small intestine of man (the only definitive host). Eggs floats in saturated solution of common salt It causes - Iron deficiency anemia Bronchitis and bronchopneumonia, Creeping eruptions (cutaneous larva migrans), Ground itch (Ancylostome dermatitis) 2-3 days later, serpiginous eruptions appear as the larvae migrate at a rate of several millimeters a day; It is also caused by:Ancyclostoma braziliense,Uncinaria stenocephala,Ancyclostoma caninum,Bunostobum phlebotomum,Strongyloids stercolaris,Necator americanus, etc.
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