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Tropical Skin Infections Among Israeli Travelers
Michal Solomon
Michal Solomon
Department of Dermatology and Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Shmuel Benenson
Shmuel Benenson
Department of Dermatology and Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Sharon Baum
Sharon Baum
Department of Dermatology and Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Eli Schwartz
Eli Schwartz
Department of Dermatology and Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Infectious skin disorders are common dermatologic illnesses in travelers. Knowledge of post-travel–related infectious skin disorders will allow for effective pre- and post-travel counseling. All cases of returning travelers seen in our center seeking care for infectious skin diseases were included in this study. For a comparison, data on returned travelers with non-infectious skin diseases and healthy travelers who had pre-travel consultations in our institution were also analyzed. Altogether, skin-related diagnosis was reported in 540 ill travelers, and among them, 286 (53%) had infectious skin diseases. Tropical skin infection was diagnosed in 64% of the infectious cases. Travelers returning from Latin America were significantly more ill with tropical skin infections than those traveling to Asia and Africa, The most common diagnoses were cutaneous leishmaniasis, myiasis, and cutaneous larva migrans. In conclusion, tropical skin infections are common among Israeli travelers, especially among those who visited Latin America.
Author Notes
Authors' addresses: Michal Solomon and Sharon Baum, Dermatology Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, E-mails: dansol@012.net.il and baumdr@zahav.net.il. Shmuel Benenson, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, E-mail: Benenson@hadassah.org.il. Eli Schwartz, Center for Geographic Medicine and Department of Medicine C, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, E-mail: elischwa@post.tau.ac.il.
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1.
Hill DR, 2000. Health problems in a large cohort of Americans traveling to developing countries. J Travel Med 7: 259–266.
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2.
Kelsall BL, Pearson RD, 1992. Evaluation of skin problems. Infect Dis Clin North Am 6: 441–472.
-
3.
Lederman ER, Weld LH, Elyazar IR, von Sonnenburg F, Loutan L, Schwartz E, Keystone JS, 2008. GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Dermatologic conditions of the ill returned traveler:an analysis from the GeoSentinel SurveillanceNetwork. Int J Infect Dis 12: 593–602.
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4.
O'Brien DP, Leder K, Matchett E, Brown GV, Torresi J, 2006. Illness in returned travelers and immigrants/refugees: the 6-year experience of two Australian infectious diseases units. J Travel Med 13: 145–152.
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5.
Caumes E, Carriere J, Guermonprez G, Bricaire F, Danis M, Gentilini M, 1995. Dermatoses associated with travel to tropical countries: a prospective study of the diagnosis and management of 269 patients presenting to a tropical disease unit. Clin Infect Dis 20: 542–548.
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6.
Freedman DO, Weld LH, Kozarsky PE, Fisk T, Robins R, von Sonnenburg F, Keystone JS, Pandey P, Centron MS, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, 2006. Spectrum of disease and relation to place of exposure among ill returned travelers. N Engl J Med 354: 119–130.
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7.
Ansart S, Perez L, Jaureguiberry S, Danis M, Bricaire F, Caumes E, 2007. Spectrum of dermatoses in 165 travelers returning from the tropics with skin diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg 76: 184–186.
-
8.
Hochedez P, Caumes E, 2008. Common skin infections in travelers. J Travel Med 15: 252–262.
-
9.
Stienlauf S, Segal G, Sidi Y, Schwartz E, 2005. Epidemiology of travel-related hospitalization. J Travel Med 12: 136–141.
-
10.
Scope A, Trau H, Anders G, Barzilai A, Confino Y, Schwartz E, 2003. Experience with NewWorld cutaneous leishmaniasis in travelers. J Am Acad Dermatol 49: 672–678.
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11.
El Hajj L, Thellier M, Carriere J, Bricaire F, Danis M, Caumes E, 2004. Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis imported into Paris: a review of 39 cases. Int J Dermatol 43: 120–125.
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12.
Herwaldt BL, Stokes SL, Juranek DD, 1993. American cutaneous leishmaniasis in U.S. travelers. Ann Intern Med 118: 779–784.
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13.
Tamir J, Haik J, Orenstein A, Schwartz E, 2003. Dermatobia hominismyiasis among travelers returning from South America. J Am Acad Dermatol 48: 630–632.
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14.
Hochedez P, Canestri A, Lecso M, Valin N, Bricaire F, Caumes E, 2009. Skin and soft tissue infections in returning travelers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 80: 431–434.
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