First case of human gongylonemosis in France

Parasite

and Ermanno Candolfi⁴  Hubert Ferté⁵  Alexander W. Pfaff⁴  Julie Brunet²  Ahmed Abou-Bacar³  Jean-François Biehler¹  Christel Hersant³  Bernard Pesson³ 

[1] Laboratoire d’Analyses Médicales Biehler,5 Grand rue,68170 Rixheim,France;Faculté de Pharmacie de Strasbourg,74 route du Rhin,67401 Illkirch,France;Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale, Plateau Technique de Microbiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg,1 rue Koeberlé,67000 Strasbourg,France;Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale de la Faculté de Médecine, EA-7292 DHPI, Université de Strasbourg,3 rue Koeberlé,67000 Strasbourg,France;USC Anses « Vecpar » EA 4688, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne,51 rue Cognacq-Jay,51096 Reims,France

关键词: case report;    France;    zoonosis;    human infection;    Gongylonema;   

Others  :  808651
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2013007

 received in 2013-01-03, accepted in 2013-02-07,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Gongylonema spp. are cosmopolitan spirurid nematodes that are common parasites of wild and domesticated mammals and birds. Gongylonema pulchrum Molin, 1857 is most common in ruminants, where it invades mucosa and submucosa of the mouth, tongue, oesophagus and forestomachs. It extremely rarely occurs in man, and fewer than 60 cases have been reported worldwide. We report a case from the Alsace region, which appears to be the first case of human gongylonemosis described in France.

【 授权许可】

   
© B. Pesson et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2013

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