The First Case of Elbow Bursitis Caused by Dirofilaria repens in Humans

Przemysław Kołodziej; Beata Szostakowska; Bożena Jarosz; Stanisław Pojasek; Marta Romak; Janusz Kocki; Anna Bogucka-Kocka

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofz157

The First Case of Elbow Bursitis Caused by Dirofilaria repens in Humans

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 22;6(4):ofz157. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz157. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Authors

Przemysław Kołodziej¹, Beata Szostakowska², Bożena Jarosz³, Stanisław Pojasek⁴, Marta Romak¹, Janusz Kocki⁵, Anna Bogucka-Kocka¹

Affiliations

¹ Chair and Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
² Department of Tropical Parasitology, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland.
³ Chair and Department of Neurosurgery and Paediatric Neurosurgery, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
⁴ Division of Trauma-Orthopaedic with Spinal Surgery, Province Specialist Hospital-Independent Public Healthcare Centre in Chełm, Poland.
⁵ Department of Clinical Genetics, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.

Abstract

Our case report involves a 28-year-old man who was diagnosed with left elbow bursitis. After thorough macroscopic and microscopic examinations and serological and molecular tests, it was found that the inflammation had been caused by a Dirofilaria repens infection. This case report is the world's first documented description.

Keywords: Dirofilaria repens; bursitis; diagnosis; dirofilariasis; elbow region.

Publication types

Case Reports