Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites

Visceral pentastomiasis is usually found incidentally during surgery. We describe a case of visceral pentastomiasis discovered during inguinoscrotal hernia surgery for a man from Benin, Africa. Because surgical removal of nymphs is needed for symptomatic patients only, this patient’s asymptomatic pe...

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Autores principales: Potters, Idzi, Desaive, Claude, Van Den Broucke, Steven, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Lynen, Lutgarde
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148381
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171189

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148381
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171189

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