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Antirreumáticos/uso terapéutico , Artritis Reumatoide/tratamiento farmacológico , Certolizumab Pegol/uso terapéutico , Dermatitis/diagnóstico , Dedos/patología , Huésped Inmunocomprometido , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/diagnóstico , Artritis Reumatoide/inmunología , Dermatitis/patología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Femenino , Dedos/parasitología , Pie/patología , Humanos , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/inmunología , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/patología , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
A case of zoonotic onchocercosis has been found in a resident who lived in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan for some time. A 24-year-old male developed a painful nodule on the middle finger of his right hand. The nodule was surgically removed from the vagina fibrosa tendinis of the finger at Beppu Medical Center, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture in 2012. The causative agent was identified as a female Onchocerca dewittei japonica based on its histopathological characteristics. The identity of the filarioid has been confirmed by sequencing the cox1 gene. The present study indicates that the zoonotic onchocercosis caused by O. dewittei japonica has been concentrated in northeast Kyushu.
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Dedos/parasitología , Onchocerca/aislamiento & purificación , Oncocercosis/diagnóstico , Zoonosis/parasitología , Adulto , Animales , Secuencia de Bases , ADN de Helmintos/genética , Complejo IV de Transporte de Electrones/genética , Humanos , Japón , Masculino , Oncocercosis/parasitología , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Sus scrofa/parasitología , Porcinos , Enfermedades de los Porcinos/parasitología , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Paragonimiasis is the infestation of lung flukes of the trematode genus Paragonimus. Because the symptoms and radiologic findings of paragonimiasis mimic those of tuberculosis, some patients with paragonimiasis are initially treated for tuberculosis. Although Paragonimus may also reach ectopic sites such as the peritoneum or brain, infection in the skin is rare. To our knowledge, paragonimiasis has not been found in the tip of a finger. We report a case of 39-year-old woman who was belatedly diagnosed as having paragonimiasis with a parasitic migration to the tip of the left little finger after initial misdiagnosis of tubercular serositis.
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Dedos/parasitología , Paragonimiasis/diagnóstico , Paragonimus westermani , Tuberculosis/diagnóstico , Adulto , Animales , Antihelmínticos/uso terapéutico , Errores Diagnósticos , Femenino , Humanos , Paragonimiasis/tratamiento farmacológico , Paragonimus westermani/aislamiento & purificación , Tuberculosis/tratamiento farmacológicoRESUMEN
Abstract. Plasmodium falciparum malaria was the cause of death of Emperor Charles V. This confirmation was achieved by microscopy analysis of the Emperor's remnants.
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Personajes , Malaria Falciparum/historia , Parasitemia/historia , Animales , Eritrocitos/parasitología , Dedos/parasitología , Gota/historia , Historia del Siglo XVI , Humanos , Masculino , Parasitemia/parasitología , Plasmodium falciparum/aislamiento & purificación , EspañaRESUMEN
We report a finger infestation by the human bot fly, Dermatobia hominis, describe the biology and life cycle of the fly and review the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.
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Dedos/parasitología , Miasis/diagnóstico , Adulto , Animales , Femenino , Dedos/cirugía , Humanos , Miasis/cirugía , ViajeRESUMEN
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is endemic in certain areas of Pakistan, with the wet form of the disease being the most prevalent. It has a number of morphological variants, which are dependent on the immune status of the host, the subspecies of the Leishmania, and also, to some extent, on the site of involvement. We describe here a case of Leishmaniasis showing two very rare variants, whitlow and paronychial lesions, occurring concurrently with sporotrichoid spread. The patient responded to intramuscular sodium stibogluconate with resolution of the skin lesions.
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Dedos/parasitología , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/diagnóstico , Paroniquia/diagnóstico , Esporotricosis/diagnóstico , Antiprotozoarios/uso terapéutico , Brazo/microbiología , Crioterapia , Femenino , Humanos , Inyecciones Intramusculares , Leishmaniasis Cutánea/terapia , Meglumina/uso terapéutico , Antimoniato de Meglumina , Persona de Mediana Edad , Compuestos Organometálicos/uso terapéutico , Pakistán , Paroniquia/terapia , Esporotricosis/terapiaRESUMEN
Few studies have assessed the contamination of vegetables at Brazilian production sites. From April 1996 to December of 1997, the sanitary conditions of raw consumed vegetables sold in the Feira do Produtor de Maringá were investigated. We based the analyses on the contamination of vegetables, of the producers (stool samples and material under the fingernails) and of the water used for irrigation. It was observed that 16.6% of 144 samples of five different types of vegetables were contaminated with intestinal parasites. Forty three of 163 individuals (26%) were infected with one or more parasites. Only three of the 49 samples of material under the fingernails analyzed were positive for intestinal parasites. Analysis of samples of the water used for vegetable irrigation showed that the water did not satisfy bacteriological standards of potability. We conclude that in the investigated area the contamination of vegetables occurred during the production phase and that a sanitary education campaign directed at the producers is needed.
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Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/epidemiología , Parasitología de Alimentos , Parasitosis Intestinales/epidemiología , Verduras/parasitología , Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/parasitología , Brasil/epidemiología , Heces/parasitología , Dedos/parasitología , Humanos , Parasitosis Intestinales/parasitología , Uñas/parasitología , Prevalencia , Agua/parasitologíaAsunto(s)
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/transmisión , Oxiuriasis/parasitología , Teniasis/transmisión , Adulto , Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/epidemiología , Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/parasitología , Enfermedades de los Trabajadores Agrícolas/transmisión , Animales , Azerbaiyán , Bovinos , Enfermedades de los Bovinos/parasitología , Niño , Dedos/parasitología , Humanos , Larva/aislamiento & purificación , Oxiuriasis/epidemiología , Taenia/aislamiento & purificación , Teniasis/epidemiología , Teniasis/parasitología , Teniasis/veterinariaRESUMEN
A 4.5-cm male Dirofilaria indistinguishable from D. immitis was removed from the tip of the index finger of an 18-year-old farmer in Costa Rica. The case is reminiscent of a report of a larger (9-cm) but otherwise similar Dirofilaria, identified as D. spectans, a heartworm of otters, causing Raynaud's syndrome by occluding an artery of the fifth finger of a farm woman in Brazil. As in the present case, the worm was removed from a painful papule on the volar surface at the extreme tip of the affected finger.