Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

Helena Biasizzo; Barbara Šoba; Frosina Ilovski; Matevž Harlander; Matej Lukin; Olga Blatnik; Matjaž Turel; Matevž Srpčič; Izidor Kern; Bojana Beović

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Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

Biasizzo H
Šoba B
Ilovski F
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Emerging Infectious Diseases (2022) 28(12) 2504-2507

DOI: 10.3201/eid2812.221366

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We report a case of human Dirofilaria repens infection in a woman in Slovenia who had concomitant pleural and subcutaneous manifestations of the infection. This case report illustrates the clinical course of a severe symptomatic parasitic infection that had multisystemic manifestations.

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Biasizzo, H., Šoba, B., Ilovski, F., Harlander, M., Lukin, M., Blatnik, O., … Beović, B. (2022). Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(12), 2504–2507. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.221366

Severe and Rare Case of Human Dirofilaria repens Infection with Pleural and Subcutaneous Manifestations, Slovenia

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