Human subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis in a Greek adult

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• 作者：Evangelos Falidas^a ; Stavros Gourgiotis^a ; ^{drsgourgiotis@tiscali.co.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Olga Ivopoulou^b ; Ioannis Koutsogiannis^c ; Christianna Oikonomou^a ; Konstantinos Vlachos^d ; Constantinos Villias^a
• 关键词：Human ; Dirofilariasis ; Zoonotic infection ; Worm ; Dirofilaria immitis
• 刊名：Journal of Infection and Public Health
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January-February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：9
• 期：1
• 页码：102-104
• 全文大小：506 K

文摘

Human dirofilariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by worms of the genus Dirofilaria. Most reported cases involve Dirofilaria repens, and D. immitis infection has been rarely reported. Canines act as a reservoir for the infection, while human infections are sporadic. Human dirofilariasis has been widely reported in South Europe; however, the worldwide distribution constantly changes. We herein report an extremely rare case of subcutaneous trunk dirofilariasis in a 45-year-old immunosuppressed woman, caused by D. immitis. The parasitic infection was detected using ultrasonography. The infection was confirmed by a polymerase chain reaction-based method and was attributed to D. immitis.