Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2009 Sep;40(5):914-8.

Abstract

Human dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens have been reported in Malaysia. This is the fourth reported case of dirofilariasis caused by D. repens. The patient was a Chinese male from Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia who presented with a one day history of redness and itchiness over the temporal aspect of his left eye. A worm was seen and later removed from beneath the conjunctiva under local anesthesia and based on the morphological characteristics, it was identified as an immature Dirofilaria repens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Dirofilaria*
  • Dirofilariasis / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology*
  • Humans
  • Malaysia
  • Male