Dirofilaria repens infection and concomitant meningoencephalitis

Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. Clinical symptoms are usually restricted to a subcutaneous nodule containing a single infertile parasite. Here, we report a case of D. repens infection with a subcutaneous gravid worm and the patien...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2009-11, Vol.15 (11), p.1844-1846
Hauptverfasser:	Poppert, Sven, Hodapp, Maike, Krueger, Andreas, Hegasy, Guido, Niesen, Wolf Dirk, Kern, Winfried V, Tannich, Egbert
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Aphasia - etiology Aphasia - parasitology Care and treatment Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - parasitology cutaneous nodule Diagnosis Dirofilaria - classification Dirofilaria - genetics Dirofilaria - isolation & purification Dirofilaria repens Dirofilariasis Dirofilariasis - complications Dirofilariasis - epidemiology Dirofilariasis - parasitology Disease transmission Dispatch Distribution Dogs Germany - epidemiology Health aspects Humans India - ethnology Male Meningoencephalitis Meningoencephalitis - epidemiology Meningoencephalitis - etiology Meningoencephalitis - parasitology microfilaria Microfilariae - isolation & purification Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Nematoda parasites Prevention Risk factors Sri Lanka - ethnology Travel
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Zusammenfassung:	Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. Clinical symptoms are usually restricted to a subcutaneous nodule containing a single infertile parasite. Here, we report a case of D. repens infection with a subcutaneous gravid worm and the patient's concomitant meningoencephalitis and aphasia.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1511.090936