Abstract
A 63-year-old woman developed a pruritic exanthema on the extremities after one hour of work in her garden pond in Planegg, Southern Bavaria. As the appropriate vectors (ducks and snails) were present, we made the tentative diagnosis of cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch). By different serological methods (cercarial fluorescent antibody test, cercarial Hullen reaction, circumoval precipitin test) antibodies against cercariae could be demonstrated in the serum of the patient 14 days later. Cercarial dermatitis appears worldwide, but in Central Europe the disease is often not recognized.
| Translated title of the contribution | Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer's itch). Case report of cercarial dermatitis caused by Trichobilharzia |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 335-338 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Hautarzt |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1995 |