Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Biasizzo, Helena ; Šoba, Barbara ; Ilovski, Frosina ; Harlander, Matevž ; Lukin, Matej ; Blatnik, Olga ; Turel, Matjaž ; Srpčič, Matevž ; Kern, Izidor ; Beović, Bojana
• Description:
  We report a case of human Dirofilaria repens infection in a woman in Slovenia who had concomitant pleural and subcutaneous manifestations of the infection. This case report illustrates the clinical course of a severe symptomatic parasitic infection that had multisystemic manifestations.
• Subjects:
  Animals Dirofilaria Repens Drug Therapy Female Human Humans Infection Nematode Parasites Pleural Manifestations Subcutaneous Manifestations Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(12):2504-2507
• Pubmed ID:
  36417956
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9707586
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Slovenia
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e58900c25df593224795b538e83c8968866c525afaf30576ceaa1bfb8330b496
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123352/cdc_123352_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]