RESUMO
A hundred and fourteen cases of subcutaneous dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria repens were described in the CIS in 1915-1996. The mean age of the patients was 38.4 years (from 3 to 70 years). Dirofilaria was found in the eye in 45.9% of cases, in the head and neck in 17.5%, in the arms and hands in 11.7%, in the legs in 8.1%, in the viscera in 2 cases, and in the genitalia in 2 cases, they being prevalent in the body's right part. The north boundary of local infection cases was in latitude 53-54 degrees North. The maximum cases were detected in January and June. Dirofilariasis clinically appeared as a migrating subcutaneous tumor occasionally complicated by secondary abscess. The tumor generally contained an immature female, an immature male was found in one case. The sole treatment was surgical helminthic excision. There was a trend of subcutaneous dirofilariasis cases to increase in the RF in the past decades.
Assuntos
Dirofilariose/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Comunidade dos Estados Independentes/epidemiologia , Dirofilariose/parasitologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Morbidade/tendências , Estações do Ano , Distribuição por SexoRESUMO
Four local cases of eye damage due to Dirofilaria repens infection which occurred in the town of Barnaul, Altai Region, are described. This information may be useful for medical and veterinary staff.
Assuntos
Dirofilariose/diagnóstico , População Urbana , Adulto , Dirofilariose/parasitologia , Dirofilariose/transmissão , Feminino , Humanos , SibériaRESUMO
Eighty-eight patients with opisthorchiasis were treated with biltricide in an anthropurgic and natural focus of opisthorchiasis in the Altai Territory. A one-day course of drug therapy, in a total dose of 60 mg/kg, was administered. Forty-two patients developed side effects in the course of therapy. Complete elimination of the helminths was achieved in 83 (94.3 +/- 2.3%; p less than 0.05) patients in 6 months after therapy.
