title: Enterobius vermicularis in a 14-year-old girl's eye.
abstract: We report an unusual case of extraintestinal infection with adult Enterobius vermicularis worms in the nares and ocular orbit of a 14-year-old girl in Illinois. Only one other similar case has been reported in the English-language literature.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Hilton Building, 4th Floor, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: N Esther
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Babady
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Awender
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Geller
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Gayle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scheetz
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arguello
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Weisenberg
authors.forename: Bobbi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pritt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008853:Microscopy; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology