BACKGROUND: Throughout history, physicians of the armed forces have gained experience in tropical medicine during deployment in tropical countries.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: During deployments in Cambodia and Somalia, dermatologists treated participants of the UN missions and also local people to win their confidence. The experience acquired during these missions is reported.
RESULTS: The dermatologist was mainly confronted with the diagnosis and treatment of infectious skin diseases, including genitourinary diseases. Therapy of parasitic infections rarely imported to Europe was a challenge.
CONCLUSION: Training and experience in Tropical Medicine are essential for medical officers deployed on missions as well as for physicians advising travellers.
BT - Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25804866?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1007/s00105-015-3604-2 J2 - Hautarzt LA - ger N2 -BACKGROUND: Throughout history, physicians of the armed forces have gained experience in tropical medicine during deployment in tropical countries.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: During deployments in Cambodia and Somalia, dermatologists treated participants of the UN missions and also local people to win their confidence. The experience acquired during these missions is reported.
RESULTS: The dermatologist was mainly confronted with the diagnosis and treatment of infectious skin diseases, including genitourinary diseases. Therapy of parasitic infections rarely imported to Europe was a challenge.
CONCLUSION: Training and experience in Tropical Medicine are essential for medical officers deployed on missions as well as for physicians advising travellers.
PY - 2015 T2 - Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete TI - [Deployment of a dermatologist in Cambodia and Somalia: Personal experience of a medical officer]. TT - Als Einsatzdermatologe in Kambodscha und Somalia SN - 1432-1173 ER -