A rare case of ocular filariasis caused by Brugia malayi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi 22000, Thailand;2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand;3. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand;1. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya emb., 7–9, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia;2. Laboratory of Parasitic Worms and Protists, Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya emb., 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia;1. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil;2. Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, Av. Brasil 44365, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;3. Laboratório de Helmintologia Romero Lascasas Porto, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Professor Manoel de Abreu, 444, Vila Isabel, RJ 20550-170, Brazil;1. Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71121 Foggia, Italy;2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy;3. Department of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Unit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Unit of Microbiomics and Multimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Unit of Human Microbiome, IRCCS, Bambino Gesù Children''s Hospital, Rome, Italy;4. Department of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Unit of Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Unit of Microbiomics, IRCCS, Bambino Gesù Children''s Hospital, Rome, Italy;5. Department of Otolaryngology, Bambino Gesù Children''s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy;6. Department of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital “Mario Modenato”, University of Pisa, Via Livornese (Lato Monte) 1, 56122 San Piero a Grado (PI), Italy;1. Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias Animales GRICA, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia UCC, Bucaramanga, Colombia;2. Grupo de Investigación para el fortalecimiento de la salud y el bienestar GIFOSABI, Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia UCC, Bucaramanga, Colombia;3. Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Biotecnología-UR (CIMBIUR), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Abstract: | Extra-lymphatic manifestation of filariasis is uncommon and may usually be clinically misdiagnosed. The extra lymphatic presentation of Brugia malayi may due to the site of entry of the infective larvae, and only a few cases have been proven for the causative species. We report here a 59-year-old woman presented with swollen right conjunctiva and complaint of migratory swelling at her eyelid, which has turned out to be ocular filariasis by B. malayi in Chantaburi province, Thailand. This report highlights the increasing cases of B. malayi as a causative agent of ocular filariasis in human. |
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