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Human Dirofilaria Repens Infection In Hungary: A Case In The Spermatic Cord And A Review Of The Literature

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Orchiectomy was performed in a 37-year-old Hungarian man exhibiting a swelling in his right testicle. Histology revealed a nodule attached to the spermatic cord, consisting of a granulomatous tissue around sections of a nematode. The worm was identified as Dirofilaria repens, an uncommon parasite in Hungary. As the patient had been abroad only in Italy where cases of dirofilariosis in dogs and humans are relatively frequent, it is assumed that the infection might have been acquired in that country 5 years earlier. This is the fifth case, published so far in the world, of such a localization in a human. The human cases of dirofilariosis reported in Hungary are reviewed.

Source: Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

DOI: 10.1556/avet.47.1999.1.7

Authors: S. Pampiglione, G. Elek, P. Pálfi, Ferenc Vetési, I. Varga

Institutions: University of Bologna, University of Veterinary Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of Oxford