Cover Image

Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia

Human dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens have been reported in Malaysia. This is the fourth reported case of dirofilariasis caused by D. repens. The patient was a Chinese male from Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia who presented with a one day history of redness and itchines...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rohela, M., Jamaiah, I., Hui, T.T., Mak, J.W., Ithoi, I., Amirah, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
R Medicine
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/4081/1/DIROFILARIA_CAUSING_EYE_INFECTION_IN_A_PATIENT_FROM_MALAYSIA.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/4081/
http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2009-40-5/07-j08-006.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.um.eprints.4081
record_format eprints
spelling my.um.eprints.40812012-12-06T06:48:15Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/4081/ Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia Rohela, M. Jamaiah, I. Hui, T.T. Mak, J.W. Ithoi, I. Amirah, A. R Medicine Human dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens have been reported in Malaysia. This is the fourth reported case of dirofilariasis caused by D. repens. The patient was a Chinese male from Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia who presented with a one day history of redness and itchiness over the temporal aspect of his left eye. A worm was seen and later removed from beneath the conjunctiva under local anesthesia and based on the morphological characteristics, it was identified as an immature Dirofilaria repens. 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/4081/1/DIROFILARIA_CAUSING_EYE_INFECTION_IN_A_PATIENT_FROM_MALAYSIA.pdf Rohela, M. and Jamaiah, I. and Hui, T.T. and Mak, J.W. and Ithoi, I. and Amirah, A. (2009) Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 40 (5). pp. 914-918. ISSN 0125-1562 http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2009-40-5/07-j08-006.pdf
institution Universiti Malaya
building UM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaya
content_source UM Research Repository
url_provider http://eprints.um.edu.my/
language English
topic R Medicine
spellingShingle R Medicine
Rohela, M.
Jamaiah, I.
Hui, T.T.
Mak, J.W.
Ithoi, I.
Amirah, A.
Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
description Human dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens have been reported in Malaysia. This is the fourth reported case of dirofilariasis caused by D. repens. The patient was a Chinese male from Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia who presented with a one day history of redness and itchiness over the temporal aspect of his left eye. A worm was seen and later removed from beneath the conjunctiva under local anesthesia and based on the morphological characteristics, it was identified as an immature Dirofilaria repens.
format Article
author Rohela, M.
Jamaiah, I.
Hui, T.T.
Mak, J.W.
Ithoi, I.
Amirah, A.
author_facet Rohela, M.
Jamaiah, I.
Hui, T.T.
Mak, J.W.
Ithoi, I.
Amirah, A.
author_sort Rohela, M.
title Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
title_short Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
title_full Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
title_fullStr Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
title_sort dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/4081/1/DIROFILARIA_CAUSING_EYE_INFECTION_IN_A_PATIENT_FROM_MALAYSIA.pdf
http://eprints.um.edu.my/4081/
http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2009-40-5/07-j08-006.pdf
_version_ 1643687257314426880
score 13.18916

Similar Items