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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Autores principales: Poppert, Sven, Hodapp, Maike, Krueger, Andreas, Hegasy, Guido, Niesen, Wolf-Dirk, Kern, Winfried V., Tannich, Egbert
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19891881
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090936
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author Poppert, Sven
Hodapp, Maike
Krueger, Andreas
Hegasy, Guido
Niesen, Wolf-Dirk
Kern, Winfried V.
Tannich, Egbert
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-28572552010-05-06 Dirofilaria repens Infection and Concomitant Meningoencephalitis Poppert, Sven Hodapp, Maike Krueger, Andreas Hegasy, Guido Niesen, Wolf-Dirk Kern, Winfried V. Tannich, Egbert Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2857255/ /pubmed/19891881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090936 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Dirofilaria repens Infection and Concomitant Meningoencephalitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857255/
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