Sapp SGH, Alhabshan RN, Bishop HS, Fox M, Ndubuisi M, Snider CE, Bradbury RS. Ocular Trematodiasis Caused by the Avian Eye Fluke
Philophthalmus in Southern Texas.
Open Forum Infect Dis 2019;
6:ofz265. [PMID:
31304187 DOI:
10.1093/ofid/ofz265]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
A trematode identified as a Philophthalmus sp was extracted from the bulbar conjunctiva of a patient in southern Texas with short-distance travel to Mexico. This parasite is very rarely reported from humans, and species identification is challenging. Aspects of diagnosis, zoonotic transmission, and unresolved questions about Philophthalmus spp are discussed.
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