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A first instance of human philophthalmosis in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Y. Lang ,
Y. Weiss ,
H. Garzozi ,
D. Gold  and
J. Lengy
Y. Lang
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
Y. Weiss
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
H. Garzozi
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, Central Emek Hospital, Afula, Israel
D. Gold
Affiliation:
Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
J. Lengy*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
*
* Author for correspondence.
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Abstract

Conjunctivitis due to the trematode Philophthalmus in a 13-year-old Israeli girl is described. A single worm, probably a mature Philophthalmus palpebrarum, was detected on the palpebral conjunctiva of the upper eyelid of the right eye. Removal of the worm resulted in rapid abatement of the ocular symptoms. This is the first documentation of human philophthalmosis in Israel.

Keywords

PhilophthalmusmanIsraelcase reportTrematoda
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 107 - 111
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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