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Shin-ichiro Mori1, Yasunobu Hirotsu, Akira Mizoguchi
1Third Department of Internal Madicine, Kagoshima University School of Madicine, Kagoshima.
Abstract:
An asymptomatic patient with a pulmonary coin lesion surgically diagnosed with pulmonary dirofilariasis caused by infection with Dirofilaria immitis (D. immitis) is presented. The preoperative stored serum of the patient was positive for D. immitis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A family study showed that three of five family members were seropositive for D. immitis. These results suggest that family members of a patient with pulmonary dirofilariasis were frequently exposed to D. immitis and serodiagnostic methods are useful for detecting subclinical infection of D. immitis.
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