title: Molecular Diagnosis of Human Taenia martis Eye Infection.
abstract: Taenia martis, a tapeworm harbored in the intestine of mustelids, is a rarely encountered zoonotic cysticercosis pathogen. The larval stage closely resembles the Taenia solium cysticercus, but the natural host and thus the epidemiology of the disease is different. We here report a human eye infection diagnosed molecularly in a previously healthy female German patient. The case represents the third human infection described worldwide; the two previous cases were also European, involving eye and brain.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany t.koch@uke.de.
authors.forename: Till
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schoen
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muntau
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Marylyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Addo
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ostertag
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiechens
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany; Institute for Pathology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Clinic for Ophthalmology, Regional Clinic Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tappe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D013621:Taenia / Q000235:genetics*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis*