A Case of Ocular Angiostrongyliasis with Molecular Identification of the Species in Vietnam.
10.3347/kjp.2015.53.6.713
- Author:
Nguyen Van DE
1
;
Le Van DUYET
;
Jong Yil CHAI
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam. ngvdeyhn@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis;
eosinophilic meningoencephalitis;
eye
- MeSH:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis/classification/*genetics/*isolation & purification;
Animals;
Base Sequence;
Eye/parasitology;
Eye Diseases/diagnosis/*parasitology;
Female;
Humans;
Molecular Sequence Data;
Strongylida Infections/diagnosis/*parasitology;
Vietnam;
Young Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2015;53(6):713-717
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 23-year-old female residing in a village of Cao Bang Province, North Vietnam, visited the Hospital of Hanoi Medical University in July 2013. She felt dim eyes and a bulge-sticking pain in her left eye for some days before visiting the hospital. In the hospital, a clinical examination, an eye endoscopy, and an operation were carried out. A nematode specimen was collected from the eye of this patient. The body of this worm was thin and long and measured 22.0x0.3 mm. It was morphologically suggested as an immature female worm of Angiostrongylus cantonensis. By a molecular method using 18S rRNA gene, this nematode was confirmed as A. cantonensis. This is the first molecular study for identification of A. cantonensis in Vietnam.
