A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France

We report the first case of ocular dirofilariasis to be diagnosed in northeast France (Alsace region), in a man who presented with a suborbital mass after a journey to Senegal. Microscopic examination of the surgical specimen identified Dirofilaria repens.

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Autores principales: Argy, Nicolas, Sabou, Marcela, Billing, Alain, Hermsdorff, Christian, Candolfi, Ermanno, Abou-Bacar, Ahmed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21461355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/698647
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author Argy, Nicolas
Sabou, Marcela
Billing, Alain
Hermsdorff, Christian
Candolfi, Ermanno
Abou-Bacar, Ahmed
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spelling pubmed-30650492011-03-31 A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France Argy, Nicolas Sabou, Marcela Billing, Alain Hermsdorff, Christian Candolfi, Ermanno Abou-Bacar, Ahmed J Trop Med Case Report We report the first case of ocular dirofilariasis to be diagnosed in northeast France (Alsace region), in a man who presented with a suborbital mass after a journey to Senegal. Microscopic examination of the surgical specimen identified Dirofilaria repens. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3065049/ /pubmed/21461355 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/698647 Text en Copyright © 2011 Nicolas Argy et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Argy, Nicolas
Sabou, Marcela
Billing, Alain
Hermsdorff, Christian
Candolfi, Ermanno
Abou-Bacar, Ahmed
A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France
title A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France
title_full A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France
title_fullStr A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France
title_full_unstemmed A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France
title_short A First Human Case of Ocular Dirofilariosis due to Dirofilaria repens in Northeastern France
title_sort first human case of ocular dirofilariosis due to dirofilaria repens in northeastern france
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21461355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/698647
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