Dirofilaria repens as a cause of subconjunctival infection in a 77-years old female patient from Croatia--a case report
| Autor: | Sviben, Mario, Meštrović, Tomislav, Nemer, Khalil, Palko Bartulović, Katarina, Škara, Robert, Mlinarić-Galinović, Gordana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Collegium antropologicum Volume 37 Issue 3 |
| ISSN: | 0350-6134 1848-9486 |
| Popis: | The zoonotic parasites of the genus Dirofilaria are on the increase as an accidental finding or as a cause of disease in humans worldwide. Human dirofilariasis usually manifests as either subcutaneous infiltrates or lung parenchymal dis- ease, in many cases asymptomatically. We report the case of a 77-year old female patient presenting with irritation and pain in her left eye. Ophthalmologic examination of the temporal part of her left eye revealed motile and threadlike or- ganism, which was surgically extracted and morphologically identified as Dirofilaria. Further molecular diagnostics with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed that the isolated organism is Dirofilaria repens. Due to already recog- nized autochthonous occurrence of human dirofilariasis in Croatia, human dirofilariasis must be included in the differ- ential diagnosis of patients presenting with subcutaneous nodules, eye affection and other potential manifestations of this disease. |
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