Human ocular dirofilariasis in Kerala Southern India

H S Sekhar; H Srinivasa; R R Batru; E Mathai; S Shariff; R S Macaden

Human ocular dirofilariasis in Kerala Southern India

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2000 Jan;43(1):77-9.

Authors

H S Sekhar¹, H Srinivasa, R R Batru, E Mathai, S Shariff, R S Macaden

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India.

PMID: 12583426

Abstract

A twenty-six year old female presented to the Ophthalmology OPD with swelling of the upper eyelid. On excision, two long, thin, dead worms were removed. Microscopic and HPE showed the worms to belong to the Dirofilaria species.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Dirofilaria / isolation & purification*
Dirofilariasis / diagnosis*
Dirofilariasis / parasitology
Eye Infections, Parasitic / diagnosis*
Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology
Female
Humans
India