Clinostomum trematode from human eye.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1999 Jun; 30(2): 382-4
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-33331
ABSTRACT
The first human case of Clinostomum lacramalitis in Thailand is reported. A 38-year-old man visited an ophthalmology clinic after having itchy pain in the right eye for two days. Ophthalmological examination revealed a living worm adhered to the lacramal opening and after removal, it was identified as Clinostomum sp. The patient admitted that he used to eat raw freshwater fish, he caught in Prachin Buri Province where he lives.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Trematode Infections
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Humans
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Male
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Eye Infections, Parasitic
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Adult
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Dacryocystitis
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Fishes
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Animals
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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