Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis

Abstract Dirofilariasis is a little-known zoonosis, with dogs and cats as definitive hosts. It is caused by nematodes and transmitted by mosquito bites. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with a consumptive syndrome with two subpleural pulmonary opacities. A transthoracic lung biopsy revealed a...

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Main Authors: Andréa Beltrami Doltrário, Natalí Caneli Valim, Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza Dellaspora, Gilberto Gambero Gaspar, Fernanda Guioti Puga, Alexandre Todorovic Fabro, Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi, Roberto Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-05-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Dirofilariasis
Zoonosis
Pulmonary nodule
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