creeping eruption


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creeping eruption

n.
A human skin disease caused by hookworm or roundworm larvae burrowing and creeping beneath the skin and characterized by eruptions in the form of progressing reddish lines.
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Keywords: Creeping eruption, cutaneous larva migrans, hookworm infection.
Extensive cutaneous larva migrans: A case report
It is also known as creeping eruption. Animal (dog and cat) hookworms such as Ancylostoma braziliense are responsible for most CLM infestations in the Central and Southeastern United States.
Cutaneous larva migrans
On July 19, 2006, the director of a children's aquatic sports day camp notified the Miami-Dade County Health Department (MDCHD) of three campers who had received a diagnosis of cutaneous larva migrans (CLM), or "creeping eruption," a skin condition typically caused by dog or cat hookworm larvae of the genus Ancylostoma (1).
Outbreak of cutaneous larva migrans at a children's camp--Miami, Florida, 2006
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