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Marcos LA, Shapley NP, Eberhard M, Epstein JI, Fox LM, Magill A, Nutman TB. Testicular swelling due to lymphatic filariasis after brief travel to Haiti. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 91:89-91. [PMID: 24865674 PMCID: PMC4080577 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
After 6 months of a trip to Haiti, a 25-year-old healthy man presented with a 6-week history of a very slow progressive intermittent bilateral testicular pain and swelling. The biopsies in both testicles revealed the presence of a dead filarial parasite. Polymerase chain reaction products of the DNA from the biopsy were shown to have a 100% identity to Wuchereria bancrofti. Despite being uncommon in travelers, this presentation of W. bancrofti highlights the possibility of acquiring W. bancrofti during short-term trips to highly endemic regions of the world (i.e., Haiti).
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Affiliation(s)
- Luis A Marcos
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - Nathan P Shapley
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - Mark Eberhard
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - Jonathan I Epstein
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - LeAnne M Fox
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - Alan Magill
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
| | - Thomas B Nutman
- Infectious Diseases, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Urology Clinic, Wesley Medical Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia; Pathology Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Malaria, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington; Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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