Division of Infectious Diseases, Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Department of Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
J Travel Med. 2022 Nov 4;29(7). doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac060.
In the absence of pathognomonic signs, the diagnosis of filarial infections relies on geographical exposure and morphology of microfilariae, which requires expertise. We present a case of loiasis in a patient not reporting exposure in areas of known endemicity, whose diagnosis was achieved by molecular analysis of microfilariae.
在缺乏特征性症状的情况下,丝虫感染的诊断依赖于地理暴露和微丝蚴的形态,这需要专业知识。我们报告了一例在没有已知流行地区暴露史的患者中发生的罗阿丝虫病,其诊断是通过微丝蚴的分子分析得出的。