Delayed diagnosis of subcutaneous dirofilariasis following a mosquito bite sustained in Germany

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2017 Jul;15(7):727-728. doi: 10.1111/ddg.13257. Epub 2017 May 30.

Authors

Ugur Uslu¹, Julia Jahn^{1

2}, Michael Erdmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
² Private Dermatology Practice, Bamberg, Germany.

PMID: 28557282
DOI: 10.1111/ddg.13257

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Bites and Stings / complications*
Bites and Stings / pathology
Culicidae*
Delayed Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Dirofilaria repens
Dirofilariasis / diagnosis*
Dirofilariasis / pathology
Dirofilariasis / surgery
Dirofilariasis / transmission
Female
Germany
Humans
Skin / parasitology
Skin / pathology
Thorax