?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+case+of+cutaneous+larva+migrans+acquired+from+soiled+toilet+floors+in+urban+Kuala+Lumpur&rft.creator=Robson%2C+Noorzurani&rft.creator=Othman%2C+S&rft.subject=Psychobiology&rft.description=Despite+being+a+common+skin+dermatosis+in+the+tropics%2C+physicians+in+the+tropics+may+miss+the+diagnosis+of+cutaneous+larva+migrans+for+other+pruritic+skin+manifestation.+This+is+especially+in+those+who+live+in+urban+housing+with+no+history+of+travel.+Cutaneous+larva+migrans%2C+an+intensely+pruritic+skin+pathology+is+mainly+contracted+by+people+with+history+of+beach+holiday+or+contact+with+moist+soft+sand+which+had+been+contaminated+with+dog+or+cat+faeces.+This+article+reports+a+patient+who+presented+with+intensely+itchy+papular+spots+over+the+dorsum+of+his+foot+after+walking+barefooted+in+an+urban+toilet+soiled+with+cat+faeces.+The+patient+had+initially+seen+an+urban+general+practitioner+who+diagnosed+the+papular+skin+lesion+as+an+allergic+reaction%2C+and+prescribed+antihistamines.+The+patient+subsequently+developed+creeping+skin+lesions+and+was+seen+by+the+author+who+prescribed+albendazole+400+mg+twice+daily+for+three+days.+The+patient+reported+reduction+in+itching+after+two+days+of+albendazole+treatment+and+a+follow+up+at+ten+days+revealed+a+healed+infection.&rft.date=2008-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8128%2F1%2FA%2520Case%2520of%2520Cutaneous%2520Larva-Med%2520J%2520Malaysia-vol%252063%2520%25284%2529-October%25202008.pdf&rft.identifier=++Robson%2C+Noorzurani+and+Othman%2C+S++(2008)+A+case+of+cutaneous+larva+migrans+acquired+from+soiled+toilet+floors+in+urban+Kuala+Lumpur.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8128%2F