Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man

The infection by Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862 (Oligochaeta: Tubificinae) in humans is relatively uncommon. The present report is to describe an incidental human infection with oligochaetes in the nasal cavity of a Chinese man, a 25-year-old man residing in Zhangjiakou city, Hebei provinc...

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Autores principales: Liu, Hongbin, Zhang, Zhenming, Huang, Guangping, Gu, Xiaolong, Wang, Chunmiao, Wang, Yan, Lu, Zhimin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5365262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28285510
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.1.77
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author Liu, Hongbin
Zhang, Zhenming
Huang, Guangping
Gu, Xiaolong
Wang, Chunmiao
Wang, Yan
Lu, Zhimin
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Zhang, Zhenming
Huang, Guangping
Gu, Xiaolong
Wang, Chunmiao
Wang, Yan
Lu, Zhimin
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description The infection by Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862 (Oligochaeta: Tubificinae) in humans is relatively uncommon. The present report is to describe an incidental human infection with oligochaetes in the nasal cavity of a Chinese man, a 25-year-old man residing in Zhangjiakou city, Hebei province, China presenting with nose bleed, severe itching, continuous sneezing, and rhinorrhea. A lot of oligochaete worms were found in the nasal discharge of the patient. The detected worms were identified as Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta) based on morphological and molecular characteristics. This incidental L. hoffmeisteri nasal infection is the first case in China and indicates that oligochaete worms can be encountered in humans.
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spelling pubmed-53652622017-03-28 Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man Liu, Hongbin Zhang, Zhenming Huang, Guangping Gu, Xiaolong Wang, Chunmiao Wang, Yan Lu, Zhimin Korean J Parasitol Case Report The infection by Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède, 1862 (Oligochaeta: Tubificinae) in humans is relatively uncommon. The present report is to describe an incidental human infection with oligochaetes in the nasal cavity of a Chinese man, a 25-year-old man residing in Zhangjiakou city, Hebei province, China presenting with nose bleed, severe itching, continuous sneezing, and rhinorrhea. A lot of oligochaete worms were found in the nasal discharge of the patient. The detected worms were identified as Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta) based on morphological and molecular characteristics. This incidental L. hoffmeisteri nasal infection is the first case in China and indicates that oligochaete worms can be encountered in humans. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2017-02 2017-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5365262/ /pubmed/28285510 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.1.77 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The 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.
spellingShingle Case Report
Liu, Hongbin
Zhang, Zhenming
Huang, Guangping
Gu, Xiaolong
Wang, Chunmiao
Wang, Yan
Lu, Zhimin
Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man
title Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man
title_full Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man
title_fullStr Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man
title_full_unstemmed Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man
title_short Infection of Oligochaetes, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Annelida: Oligochaeta), in the Nasal Cavity of a Chinese Man
title_sort infection of oligochaetes, limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (annelida: oligochaeta), in the nasal cavity of a chinese man
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5365262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28285510
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.1.77
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