A human corneal ulcer caused byThelazia callipaedain Southwest China: case report
A human corneal ulcer caused byThelazia callipaedain Southwest China: case report
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西南地区一例由马利足吸吮线虫引起的人角膜溃疡病例报告
DOI:
10.1007/s00436-020-06850-w
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发表时间:
2020-08-22
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2
通讯作者:
Yang, Yuli
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作者:
Wei, Xiaoxing;Liu, Bo;Yang, Yuli
In this study, we describe a rare human case with corneal ulcer caused by thelaziosis in a 69-year-old man in Southwest China. A male nematode was discovered and removed from the patient's right eye with a long spicule and further identified by sequencing mitochondrialcox1gene. The ophthalmologic and molecular biological evidence demonstrates the corneal ulcer caused byT. callipaedainfection, which is mainly distributed in Asian and European countries. MostT. callipaedainfections are emerged in the conjunctiva, leading to conjunctivitis. To the best knowledge of the authors, corneal ulcers caused byT. callipaedahave not been reported yet.