由红丝红藻引起的人类感染,由于寄生虫识别困难,在南欧和东欧以及亚洲流行的世界性人畜共患寄生虫病仍然是未诊断的感染。这里,我们报告了第一例在葡萄牙诊断的D.repens皮下丝虫病的人类病例。这可能是一个来自印度的进口病例,根据流行病学和临床数据判断。通过此演示,我们旨在提醒临床医生与全球变暖和国际旅行相关的媒介传播的人畜共患病的出现。该病例表明皮下结节中D.repens的鉴别诊断是必要的。以避免进一步的并发症。
Human infections caused by Dirofilaria repens, a cosmopolitan zoonotic parasitosis endemic in Southern and Eastern Europe and Asia still is an underdiagnosed infection due to parasite identification difficulties. Here, we report the first human case of subcutaneous dirofilariasis by D. repens diagnosed in Portugal. This was probably an imported case from India, as judged by epidemiological and clinical data. With this presentation we aim to alert clinicians for the emergence of vector-borne zoonoses associated with global warming and international travel. This case showed that differential diagnosis of D. repens in subcutaneous nodules is needed, in order to avoid further complications.