Plant Dermatitis Joao Paulo Niemeyer-Corbellini Omar Lupi Laila Klotz Livia Montelo Synonym Plant dermatitis Key Points Plant dermatitis may be produced by different plant species. It is increasing in incidence worldwide. It may be classified as mechanical injury, primary irritant (toxic) dermatitis, allergic phytodermatitis,…
Key Points Infestation of vertebrates with dipterous larvae. Anatomic (bloodsucking, cutaneous, or cavitary) or ecological (obligatory, facultative, or accidental) classification. Cutaneous manifestations include furuncular, migratory, and wound myiasis. Dermatobia hominis and Cordylobia anthropophaga are the most common causative agents of…
Introduction Bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have become an important medical challenge worldwide, especially among the tropical countries. The ubiquitousness of STDs affects all nations and races, but is particularly evident in developing countries. Insufficient health-care centers, inadequate laboratory capabilities,…
Key Points Arenaviruses and hantaviruses are systemic viral diseases that are closely related to hemorrhagic fevers. Both groups of viral hemorrhagic fevers are shed in the infected rodent's saliva, urine, and feces. Ebola infection is the most aggressive viral hemorrhagic…
Key Points Also known as sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei , which is transmitted by the tsetse flies. Recent travel to endemic areas of Africa should lead physicians…
Evidence Levels: A Double-blind study B Clinical trial ≥ 20 subjects C Clinical trial < 20 subjects D Series ≥ 5 subjects E Anecdotal case reports Open full size image Pinta and yaws belong to the group of neglected endemic…