Intra-aural tick bite causing unilateral facial nerve palsy in 29 cases over 16 years in Kandy, Sri Lanka: is rickettsial aetiology possible?

BACKGROUND: Over the last two decades intra-aural tick infestation (otoacariasis) has been a common occurrence in the hilly central region in Sri Lanka. Very occasional detection of isolated unilateral facial nerve palsy associated with otoacariasis attributed to toxin damage of the nerve prompted u...

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Autores principales: Kularatne, Senanayake A. M., Fernando, Ranjan, Selvaratnam, Sinnadurai, Narampanawa, Chandrasiri, Weerakoon, Kosala, Wickramasinghe, Sujanthe, Pathirage, Manoji, Weerasinghe, Vajira, Bandara, Anura, Rajapakse, Jayanthe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30134848
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3338-8

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