PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 4 April 1983, pp. 595-598
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Cutaneous Amebiasis

Mary Ellen Rimsza MD1 and Robert A. Berg MD1

1 From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson; and Department of Pediatrics, Maricopa County Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

An infant with cutaneous amebiasis of the vulva and amebic liver abscess is described. Epidemiologic investigations and serologic studies were crucial in establishing the diagnosis. The vulvar amebic ulcers responded dramatically to metronidazole therapy. Cutaneous amebiasis is a rare complication of Entamoeba histolytica infection which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of perineovulvar or penile ulcers. Cutaneous amebiasis may also occur on the abdominal wall surrounding a draining hepatic abscess, colostomy site, or laparotomy incision.

Key Words: amebiasis • genital ulcers • cutaneous amebiasis • metronidazole

Submitted on December 22, 1981
Accepted on February 26, 1982




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