Open AccessA CASE OF DIROFILARIASIS IN THE UROLOGICAL PRACTICE
Author(s) -
А. С. Князюк
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2016-13-2-20
Subject(s) - dirofilariasis , helminthiasis , dirofilaria immitis , dirofilaria , dirofilaria repens , medicine , filariasis , clinical practice , dermatology , transmission (telecommunications) , etiology , pathology , zoonosis , helminths , veterinary medicine , immunology , family medicine , electrical engineering , engineering
Human dirofilariasis is zoonotic, tissue, imaginal helminthiasis with vector-borne transmission. Over the last decades the prevalence of dirofilariasis has been rising, the invasion area has been increasing and moving further into Republic of Belarus. Its clinical manifestations are different, but dirofilariasis occurs rarely in the urological practice. The article presents a literature review of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment of dirofilariasis and describes a clinical case of dirofilariasis in the urological practice. The diagnosis has been confirmed histologically.