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Unexpected Infection with Armillifer Parasites

Visceral pentastomiasis is usually found incidentally during surgery. We describe a case of visceral pentastomiasis discovered during inguinoscrotal hernia surgery for a man from Benin, Africa. Because surgical removal of nymphs is needed for symptomatic patients only, this patient’s asymptomatic pe...

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Published in:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Potters, Idzi, Desaive, Claude, Van Den Broucke, Steven, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Lynen, Lutgarde
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708260/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148381
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.171189
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