Human Gongylonema infection in Iran.
The first human infection with Gongylonema in Iran is reported in a 35-year-old Iranian woman with complaints of one year duration and treated as a psychotic patient. Two worms, a male, and a female, were retrieved, described, and identified as G. pulchrum based on their morphological characteristics.
Molavi
G H
GH
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Health Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. molavig@yahoo.com
Massoud
J
J
Gutierrez
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013151:Spiruroidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*