A rapidly emerging ocular zoonosis; Dirofilaria repens

Eye (Lond). 2016 Apr;30(4):639-41. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.1. Epub 2016 Feb 5.

Authors

I Kutlutürk¹, G Z S Tamer², L Karabaş³, A N Erbesler⁴, S Yazar⁵

Affiliations

¹ Kocaeli Körfez State Hospital, Eye Clinic, Kocaeli, Turkey.
² Kocaeli Univercity Medical Faculty, Medical Microbiology Clinic, Kocaeli, Turkey.
³ Kocaeli Univercity Medical Faculty, Eye Clinic, Kocaeli, Turkey.
⁴ Kocaeli Körfez Public Hospital, General Surgery Clinic, Kocaeli, Turkey.
⁵ Erciyes Univercity Medical Faculty, Medical Parasitology Clinic, Kayseri, Turkey.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / drug therapy
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / parasitology*
Conjunctivitis / diagnosis
Conjunctivitis / drug therapy
Conjunctivitis / parasitology*
Dirofilaria repens / isolation & purification*
Dirofilariasis / diagnosis
Dirofilariasis / drug therapy
Dirofilariasis / parasitology*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Eye Infections, Parasitic / diagnosis
Eye Infections, Parasitic / drug therapy
Eye Infections, Parasitic / parasitology*
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
Prednisolone / analogs & derivatives
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Zoonoses / diagnosis
Zoonoses / drug therapy
Zoonoses / parasitology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Glucocorticoids
prednisolone acetate
Prednisolone
Ofloxacin