Zoonotic anatrichosomiasis in a mother and daughter

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Aug;52(8):3127-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01236-14. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Abstract

Zoonotic anatrichosomiasis in a mother and daughter is reported. Both presented with a 10-week history of multiple painful oral ulcers. Biopsy specimens revealed the presence of small, coiled trichuroid nematodes with distinctive morphological features, including stichocytes and paired bacillary bands. This represents an unusual infection by a zoonotic Anatrichosoma species.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Mothers
  • Mouth / pathology
  • Nematoda / isolation & purification*
  • Nematode Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nematode Infections / parasitology
  • Nematode Infections / pathology
  • Nuclear Family
  • Zoonoses / diagnosis*
  • Zoonoses / parasitology
  • Zoonoses / pathology