Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis in a Greek adult

被引：17

作者：

Falidas, Evangelos ^{[1
]}

Gourgiotis, Stavros ^{[1
]}

Lvopoulou, Olga ^{[2
]}

Koutsogiannis, Loannis ^{[3
]}

Oikonomou, Christianna ^{[1
]}

Vlachos, Konstantinos ^{[4
]}

Villias, Constantinos ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Vet Hosp Athens, Dept Surg 1, NIMTS 417, Athens, Greece

[2] Vet Hosp Athens, Dept Microbiol, NIMTS 417, Athens, Greece

[3] Vet Hosp Athens, Dept Radiol, NIMTS 417, Athens, Greece

[4] Ioannina Univ Hosp, Dept Surg, Ioannina, Greece

来源：

JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2016年 / 9卷 / 01期

关键词：

Human; Dirofilariasis; Zoonotic infection; Worm; Dirofilaria immitis; HUMAN PULMONARY DIROFILARIASIS; EUROPE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jiph.2015.06.005

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by worms of the genus Dirofilaria. Most reported cases involve Dirofilaria repens, and D. immitis infection has been rarely reported. Canines act as a reservoir for the infection, while human infections are sporadic. Human dirofilariasis has been widely reported in South Europe; however, the worldwide distribution constantly changes. We herein report an extremely rare case of subcutaneous trunk dirofilariasis in a 45-year-old immunosuppressed woman, caused by D. immitis. The parasitic infection was detected using ultrasonography. The infection was confirmed by a polymerase chain reaction-based method and was attributed to D. immitis. (C) 2015 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：102 / 104

页数：3

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