Update on Parasitic Dermatoses

Overview

Journal An Bras Dermatol

Specialty Dermatology

Date 2020 Feb 1

PMID 32001061

Citations 4

Authors

Alberto Eduardo Cox Cardoso

Alberto Eduardo Oiticica Cardoso

Carolina Talhari

Monica Santos

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Abstract

These are cutaneous diseases caused by insects, worms, protozoa, or coelenterates which may or may not have a parasitic life. In this review the main ethological agents, clinical aspects, laboratory exams, and treatments of these dermatological diseases will be studied.

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