Emerging diseases in tropical dermatology

Adv Dermatol. 2007:23:335-50. doi: 10.1016/j.yadr.2007.07.008.

Abstract

All dermatologists worldwide should have at least passing familiarity with various tropical maladies that generate cutaneous manifestions. In addition to the standard infectious ailments associated with tropical environs, the authors have described herein five "emerging" illnesses that are gaining increasing attention for their capacity to cause human disease in those immigrating from, or traveling to, the tropical and subtropical world.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amebiasis / drug therapy
  • Amebiasis / microbiology
  • Amebiasis / pathology
  • Amoeba / isolation & purification
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / pathology*
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications*
  • Gnathostoma / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / etiology
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / pathology*
  • Male
  • Penicillium / isolation & purification
  • Pythium / isolation & purification
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / microbiology
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / pathology*
  • Spirurida Infections / drug therapy
  • Spirurida Infections / pathology