Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm infection)

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DDx

  • Cutaneous larva migrans
  • Loiasis (Loa loa infection)
  • Rat bite fever
  • Gnathostomiasis
  • Myiasis
  • Other causes of leg ulcer, eg, venous or arterial insufficiency, bacterial pyoderma, vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum

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DDx

  • Cutaneous larva migrans
  • Loiasis (Loa loa infection)
  • Rat bite fever
  • Gnathostomiasis
  • Myiasis
  • Other causes of leg ulcer, eg, venous or arterial insufficiency, bacterial pyoderma, vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum

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