A 28-year-old man presents with a painless raised lesion on his foot between the toes. Close examination reveals a white nodule approximately 8 mm in ...

Question

A 28-year-old man presents with a painless raised lesion on his foot between the toes. Close examination reveals a white nodule approximately 8 mm in diameter with a central dark dot and surrounding hyperkeratosis. He has been walking barefoot in sandy soil in Kenya. On squeezing the lesion, hundreds of white eggs are expressed. What is the organism?

Accepted Answer

Tunga penetrans

Answer

Sarcoptes scabiei

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Pediculus humanus

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Dermatobia hominis

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Cordylobia anthropophaga

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Tungiasis Clinical Features