Subkutane Dirofilariasis: Infektion mit Dirofilaria repens.

Bergner, T. and Löscher, Thomas and Barutzki, D. and Przybilla, B. (1990): Subkutane Dirofilariasis: Infektion mit Dirofilaria repens. In: Der Hautarzt, Vol. 41, No. 5: pp. 265-269

Abstract

A female patient resident in Germany is described, who had developed dirofilariasis presenting as a hard subcutaneous nodule at the glabella. Dirofilaria repens was isolated after surgical removal of the skin lesion. She was treated with diethylcarbamazine (Hetrazan) for 4 weeks. Exposures related to infection with Dirofilaria repens are discussed.

• Item Type: Article
• Collections: Medicine
• Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medicine and health
• Signature: UBM:0700/4 Med.Z 800(41
• Language: German