Association between urticaria and nematode infections

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings
Paola Lucia MinciulloSebastiano Gangemi

Abstract

The association between parasites and urticaria was first suggested in the last century. A wide range, 0-75.4%, of the prevalence of parasitic infection has been reported with chronic urticaria (CU). Moreover, urticaria may be detected in patients with parasitosis. Nematodes are a type of helminth that infect hundreds of millions of people throughout the world. The aim of this work was to collect and review the published studies and cases of urticaria associated with nematode infections. A search of scientific literature data bases from January 1960 until May 2017 was carried out. Numerous nematode infections have been associated with urticaria and/or angioedema: Anisakis simplex, Ascaris species (spp.), Dirofilaria spp., Enterobius vermicularis, Gnathostoma spp., Loa loa, Mansonella streptocerca; Necator americanus, Onchocerca volvulus, Strongyloides stercoralis, Toxocara spp., Trichinella spp., and Wuchereria bancrofti. The pathogenesis of urticaria in these infections generally remains unexplained. In some cases, skin manifestations were caused by the presence of the worm in the skin (Filaria, Gnathostoma); in other cases, such as A. simplex and S. stercoralis infections, there was a clear immunoglobulin E-mediated mechanism...Continue Reading

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