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Omar HM, Omer OH, Al-Dhubaibi MS. Gigantobilharzia, possible cause of cercarial dermatitis: Case report. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2016;10(1):147-50
Omar, H. M., Omer, O. H., & Al-Dhubaibi, M. S. (2016). Gigantobilharzia, possible cause of cercarial dermatitis: Case report. International journal of health sciences, 10(1), 147-50.
Omar, Hussein M, et al. "Gigantobilharzia, possible cause of cercarial dermatitis: Case report." International journal of health sciences vol. 10,1 (2016): 147-50.
Omar HM, Omer OH, Al-Dhubaibi MS. Gigantobilharzia, possible cause of cercarial dermatitis: Case report. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2016 Jan;10(1):147-50. PMID: 27004065; PMCID: PMC4791165.
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Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2016 Jan;10(1):147-50.

Gigantobilharzia, possible cause of cercarial dermatitis: Case report.

International journal of health sciences

Hussein M Omar, Osama H Omer, Mohammed S Al-Dhubaibi

Affiliations

  1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
  2. College of Medicine, Almughtaribeen University, Khartoum, Sudan.
  3. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 27004065 PMCID: PMC4791165

Abstract

Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch) is a worldwide, often neglected parasitic skin disease characterized by strong maculopapular skin eruption accompanied by intensive itching. A fisherman suffered from forearm dermatitis. Clinical history associated with the recovery of the avian schistosome; Gigantobilharzia from little green bee-eater (Merops orientalis najdanus) and collected Lymnaea snails supported the authors' opinion that patient clinical signs are most likely due to the invasion of avian schistosome cercariae.

Keywords: Cercarial dermatitis; Gigantobilharzia; Swimmer’s itch

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