A rare case of tick infestation of the eyelid: case report and literature review
| Autor: | Ömer Orkun, Ali Riza Cenk Celebi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Infestações por carrapato/parasitologia Tick infestation Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Zoology Tick medicine.disease_cause law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Reação em cadeia da polymerase Sequência de bases lcsh:Ophthalmology law parasitic diseases Infestation Rare case medicine Polymerase chain reaction Relatos de casos biology Pálpebras/patologia Transmission (medicine) 030108 mycology & parasitology bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:RE1-994 Mordeduras e picadas Surgery Eyelid Dermacentor Infecções oculares parasitarias Dermacentor/parasitologia |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, Vol 75, Iss 2, Pp 144-146 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 0034-7280 |
| DOI: | 10.5935/0034-7280.20160030 |
| Popis: | This article presents a case of tick infestation of the lower eyelid by a previously unreported species. A 71-year-old male presented with a tick attached to the lower eyelid. The tick was identified morphologically, and then molecularly via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of its DNA. In addition, a review of the literature relevant to the genera of ticks associated with infestation of the human eye is provided. The tick, which was in the nymphal developmental stage, was first identified according to taxonomic keys as Dermacentor sp. For complete species identification, 16s rDNA gene PCR and sequencing were performed, which showed that the tick was D. marginatus. Systematizing tick species could assist physicians in determining the potential for transmission of tick-borne human diseases. |
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