Intraocular gnathostomiasis from coastal part of Maharashtra

Intraocular infestation by live Gnathostoma spinigerum is a rare occurrence in humans. Most of the published reports are from South-East Asia. We report a case of ocular gnathostomiasis from Western Maharashtra, where the worm was removed live from the anterior chamber of the left eye. Identificatio...

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Autores principales: Sujata, Dharmshale N, Renu, Bharadwaj S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23961449
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.113923
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description Intraocular infestation by live Gnathostoma spinigerum is a rare occurrence in humans. Most of the published reports are from South-East Asia. We report a case of ocular gnathostomiasis from Western Maharashtra, where the worm was removed live from the anterior chamber of the left eye. Identification of the worm was confirmed by light microscopy.
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spelling pubmed-37456802013-08-19 Intraocular gnathostomiasis from coastal part of Maharashtra Sujata, Dharmshale N Renu, Bharadwaj S Trop Parasitol Dispatches Intraocular infestation by live Gnathostoma spinigerum is a rare occurrence in humans. Most of the published reports are from South-East Asia. We report a case of ocular gnathostomiasis from Western Maharashtra, where the worm was removed live from the anterior chamber of the left eye. Identification of the worm was confirmed by light microscopy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3745680/ /pubmed/23961449 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.113923 Text en Copyright: © Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Intraocular gnathostomiasis from coastal part of Maharashtra
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title_short Intraocular gnathostomiasis from coastal part of Maharashtra
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745680/
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