Volume 9, Number 8—August 2003
Research
Severe Tungiasis in Underprivileged Communities: Case Series from Brazil
Table 3
Clinical findings in patients with severe tungiasis (n=16)
Clinical pathology observed | Present in patients (%) |
---|---|
Acute local inflammation |
16/16 (100) |
Chronic local inflammationa |
16/16 (100) |
Generalized inflammationb |
3/16 (19) |
Superinfection |
7/16 (31) |
Pustule(s) |
3/16 (19) |
Suppuration |
4/16 (25) |
Severe itching |
16/16 (100) |
Ulcers |
8/16 (50) |
Fissures |
3/16 (19) |
Deformation or loss of nails |
11/16 (69) |
Difficulty in walking |
16/16 (100) |
Difficulty in grippingc | 3/6 (50) |
aEdema, desquamation, shining skin, hyperkeratosis with or without deformation of digits.
bEdema and pain of entire foot with or without suppuration.
cSix patients had lesions on the hands.