Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

We report a case of human Dirofilaria repens infection in a woman in Slovenia who had concomitant pleural and subcutaneous manifestations of the infection. This case report illustrates the clinical course of a severe symptomatic parasitic infection that had multisystemic manifestations.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Biasizzo, Helena, Šoba, Barbara, Ilovski, Frosina, Harlander, Matevž, Lukin, Matej, Blatnik, Olga, Turel, Matjaž, Srpčič, Matevž, Kern, Izidor, Beović, Bojana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36417956
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221366
Descripción
Sumario:We report a case of human Dirofilaria repens infection in a woman in Slovenia who had concomitant pleural and subcutaneous manifestations of the infection. This case report illustrates the clinical course of a severe symptomatic parasitic infection that had multisystemic manifestations.

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