A Pediatric Case of Thelaziasis in Korea

In the present study, we intended to report a clinical pediatric case of thelaziasis in Korea. In addition, we briefly reviewed the literature on pediatric cases of thelaziasis in Korea. In the present case, 3 whitish, thread-like eye-worms were detected in a 6-year-old-boy living in an urban area a...

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Autores principales: Yim, Chung Hyuk, Ko, Jeong Hee, Lee, Jung Hyun, Choi, Yu Mi, Lee, Won Wook, Ahn, Sang Ki, Ahn, Myoung Hee, Choi, Kyong Eun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27417087
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.319
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description In the present study, we intended to report a clinical pediatric case of thelaziasis in Korea. In addition, we briefly reviewed the literature on pediatric cases of thelaziasis in Korea. In the present case, 3 whitish, thread-like eye-worms were detected in a 6-year-old-boy living in an urban area and contracted an ocular infection known as thelaziasis incidentally during ecological agritainment. This is the first report of pediatric thelaziasis in Seoul after 1995.
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spelling pubmed-49777802016-08-09 A Pediatric Case of Thelaziasis in Korea Yim, Chung Hyuk Ko, Jeong Hee Lee, Jung Hyun Choi, Yu Mi Lee, Won Wook Ahn, Sang Ki Ahn, Myoung Hee Choi, Kyong Eun Korean J Parasitol Case Report In the present study, we intended to report a clinical pediatric case of thelaziasis in Korea. In addition, we briefly reviewed the literature on pediatric cases of thelaziasis in Korea. In the present case, 3 whitish, thread-like eye-worms were detected in a 6-year-old-boy living in an urban area and contracted an ocular infection known as thelaziasis incidentally during ecological agritainment. This is the first report of pediatric thelaziasis in Seoul after 1995. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2016-06 2016-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4977780/ /pubmed/27417087 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.3.319 Text en © 2016, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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