Are transient pulmonary solitary nodules a common event in human dirofilariosis?
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Infection by Dirofilaria immitis is a rare cause of solitary pulmonary nodule. We describe the second case of transitory pulmonary nodule found by us in the course of a case-finding study, the third one reported in the literature. The detection of cases of transient pulmonary dirofilariotic nodules suggests that human infection is more prevalent than usually thought, and that this kind of manifestation is frequent in human dirofilariosis. Greater awareness is warranted in endemic areas.
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Some pulmonary cases from Spain determined to be caused by D. immitis based on radiological and serological evidence were in patients who resided exclusively in regions where only D. immitis has been detected in canine populations.
“In addition, some of the pulmonary cases from Spain that were determined to be caused by D. immitis based on radiological and serological evidence (96,97,98) were those of patients who had resided exclusively in regions where only D. immitis has been detected in canine populations.”
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- Authors
- Cordero, M., Muro, A., Sim�n, F., Tapia, J. I., & Espinoza, E.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
- ORCID
- Muro, A.
- Venue
- The Clinical Investigator
- Published
- 1992-05
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 437-40
- ISSN
- 0946-2716 (ISSN-L)
- 0941-0198
- 1432-1440
- OpenAlex
- W2024202750
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Molecular Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasites and Host Interactions
- Keywords
- Dirofilaria immitis, filariasis, prevalence, case finding
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Animals, Antibodies, Helminth, Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Dirofilaria immitis, Dirofilariasis, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Lung Diseases, Parasitic, Male
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