Dirofilaria repens infection and concomitant meningoencephalitis.
Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. Clinical symptoms are usually restricted to a subcutaneous nodule containing a single infertile parasite. Here, we report a case of D. repens infection with a subcutaneous gravid worm and the patient's concomitant meningoencephalitis and aphasia.
Poppert
Sven
S
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany. poppert@bni-hamburg.de
Hodapp
Maike
M
Krueger
Andreas
A
Hegasy
Guido
G
Niesen
Wolf Dirk
WD
Kern
Winfried V
WV
Tannich
Egbert
E
D000818:Animals; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel