Dirofilaria causing eye infection in a patient from Malaysia
Rohela, M.; Jamaiah, I.; Hui, T.T.; Mak, J.W.; Ithoi, I.; Amirah, A.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 40(5): 914-918
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 19842373 Document Number: 634264
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.