| Literature DB >> 31304187 |
Sarah G H Sapp1,2, Rashed N Alhabshan3, Henry S Bishop1, Mark Fox1,2, MacKevin Ndubuisi1, Cathy E Snider4, Richard S Bradbury1.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Philophthalmus; conjunctivitis; ocular parasitosis; trematodiases; zoonotic infections
Year: 2019 PMID： 31304187 PMCID： PMC6612876 DOI： 10.1093/ofid/ofz265
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis ISSN： 2328-8957 Impact factor: 3.835