Garrido C, Campos M
Ophthalmology Department of Sao Paulo Federal University, Paulista School of Medicine, Brazil.
Cornea. 2000 Nov;19(6):817-9. doi: 10.1097/00003226-200011000-00011.
To describe corneal disorders in patients with systemic parasitic disease.
Cross-sectional study consisted of ophthalmologic examinations, peripheral blood tests and skin biopsies in 496 subjects (395 Indians and 101 non-indians) from the upper Negro River, Brazilian Amazon.
Mansonella ozzardi was detected in the blood of 140 (28.23%) subjects. Seventy-six (55.07%) of them also presented multiple nummular opaque superficial lesions in the cornea. None of the examined patients presented onchocercal-related skin lesions or positive skin biopsies for filaria.
There was a significant association between mansonelliasis and keratitis.
描述患有全身性寄生虫病患者的角膜疾病。
对来自巴西亚马逊上内格罗河的496名受试者（395名印第安人和101名非印第安人）进行横断面研究，包括眼科检查、外周血检测和皮肤活检。
在140名（28.23%）受试者的血液中检测到奥氏曼森线虫。其中76名（55.07%）角膜还出现多个钱币状不透明浅表病变。所有接受检查的患者均未出现盘尾丝虫相关的皮肤病变或丝虫病皮肤活检阳性。
曼氏线虫病与角膜炎之间存在显著关联。
