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Outer ear canal infection with Rhabditis sp. nematodes in a human
Magnus Teschner1, Waldemar Würfel, Ludwig Sedlacek
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|March 7, 2014
Abstract:
Here we report the first human case of an outer ear canal infection with a free-living nematode of the genus Rhabditis. Otomicroscopy revealed viable worms in the outer ear canal of a patient suffering from chronic otorrhea and hearing loss. The nematode was identified by microscopy and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-PCR.

