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Case Reports
. 2017 Feb;23(2):343-344.
doi: 10.3201/eid2302.142064.

Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Caused by Ancylostoma Hookworm

Sven Poppert, Martin Heideking, Hansjürgen Agostini, Moritz Fritzenwanker, Nicole Wüppenhorst, Birgit Muntau, Philipp Henneke, Winfried Kern, Jürgen Krücken, Bernd Junker, Markus Hufnagel
Case Reports

Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Caused by Ancylostoma Hookworm

Sven Poppert et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis is an ocular infectious disease caused by several distinct nematodes. Definite identification of the involved nematodes is rarely achieved. We report on the molecular-based genetic identification of an Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworm implicated in a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis in a child.

Keywords: Ancylostoma ceylanicum; Baylisascaris procyonis; DUSN; Toxocara canis; diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis; hookworm; infectious disease; nematodes; ocular; parasites; zoonoses.

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Intraoperative fundus image depicting a migrating hookworm (Ancylostoma ceylanicum) ≈10 mm in length in the subretinal space of the eye of 10-year-old patient in Germany.
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