Fibrous subcutaneous nodule caused by Dirofilaria repens

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 318-322

  Tzanetou, Konstantina ^a   Gogou, Charalampos ^b   Giannoulopoulos, Athanassios ^c   Patralexis, Charalampos ^c   Fragia, Konstantina ^b  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Filarial worms; Subcutaneous dirofilariasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TRAVEL;

EID: 69749083670     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.05.001     Document Type: Note

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