The first case of periorbital human dirofilariasis in the Czech Republic.
Parasitol Res
; 120(2): 739-742, 2021 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis are the most common filarial species affecting humans in Europe. Dirofilaria repens causes subcutaneous or ocular infection, whereas D. immitis is responsible mainly for the pulmonary form. In this report, we present the first human case of periorbital dirofilariasis in the Czech Republic. A 58-year-old woman suffered from an eyelid oedema, redness and pain in the left eye. After excising the parasite from her eyelid, all clinical symptoms disappeared. Based on the morphology and cytochrome oxidase I sequencing, the parasite was identified as D. repens. Histology revealed that the excised worm was female with absent microfilariae in uteri. With respect to the length of the incubation period and the sequence identity with a known Czech isolate, we concluded that D. repens was most likely of autochthonous origin.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Oculares Parasitárias
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Dirofilariose
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Dirofilaria repens
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Parasitol Res
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article