Ivermectin Treatment of a Traveler Who Returned from Peru with Cutaneous Gnathostomiasis

Chappuis, F.
Farinelli, T.
Loutan, L.

Travel and Migration Medicine Unit, Department of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. F. Chappuis, Travel and Migration Medicine Unit, Dept. of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland ([email protected]).

Alternate contact: Dr. L. Loutan, Travel and Migration Medicine Unit, Dept. of Community Medicine, Geneva University Hospital, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland ([email protected]).

Received 23 October 2000; accepted 9 January 2001

Clinical Infectious Diseases 33(4):p e17-e19, August 15, 2001. | DOI: 10.1086/322625

We describe a 21-year-old patient who experienced a relapse of cutaneous gnathostomiasis after receiving initial treatment with albendazole and who had a successful outcome after receiving a short course of ivermectin for the relapse. This is the first reported case of gnathostomiasis acquired by a human in Peru.