Author/Editor		Logar, J; Novšak, V; Rakovec, S; Staniša, O
Title		Subcutaneous infection caused by Dirofilaria repens imported to Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		J Infect
Vol. and No.		Letnik 42
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 72-4
Language		eng
Abstract		A case of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis is presented. A complete nematode removed from the tumour in the occipital region of a 61-year-old woman was identified on the basis of its anatomical and histological characteristics as a nongravid adult female of the species Dirofilaria repens. The patient had been probably infected on the Canary Islands, Spain, 7 months previously In the future, the clinical and laboratory staff in Slovenia will have to be more alert to the possibility of dirofilariasis in patients with subcutaneous tumours, particularly in individuals who had travelled to endemic areas several months or years before the tumour was detected.
Descriptors		DIROFILARIASIS DIROFILARIA SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC MIDDLE AGE