Case Report: Molecular Detection of Dirofilaria repens in an Italian Patient after a Stay in Tanzania
Autor: | Maria Luisa Scarasciulli, Nicola Pugliese, Donato Antonio Raele, Ilaria Vasco, Giovanna La Salandra, Maria Assunta Cafiero, Gianfranco LaBella, Agata Calvario |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
Popis: | A 35-year-old man was admitted to a hospital in the south of Italy because of a periocular nodule and subpalpebral edema. The patient reported having been stayed in Tanzania five months before. Hematologic parameters were within the normality range, the Acanthocheilonema viteae ELISA did not detect significant levels of antifilarial IgG, and no further symptoms were described. The surgical inspection of the nodule led to the isolation of two filarioid parasites, identified as Dirofilaria repens by scanning electron microscope (SEM), and then by molecular assays. Knott’s test did not reveal microfilaremia, whereas loop-mediated isothermal amplification and PCR detected D. repens DNA. The patient was treated with doxycycline, and he was found no more positive at the follow-up. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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