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CREEPING ERUPTIONS OR CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS (CLM): A CASE REPORT

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Dr Shruti Kharbanda,Dr Arvind Krishna

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BACKGROUND: Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) or creeping eruption is a helminthic infection most commonly found in tropical and subtropical geographic areas acquired by walking barefoot on ground contaminated with dog and cat’s faeces. CLM is an erythematous, serpiginous, cutaneous eruption caused by accidental percutaneous penetration and subsequent migration of larvae.

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