51. First report of presumed parasitic keratitis in Indians from the Brazilian Amazon.
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Garrido C and Campos M
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- Adolescent, Animals, Brazil epidemiology, Cornea parasitology, Cornea pathology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Incidence, Keratitis parasitology, Keratitis pathology, Male, Mansonella isolation & purification, Mansonelliasis parasitology, Mansonelliasis pathology, Prevalence, Urban Population, Eye Infections, Parasitic ethnology, Eye Infections, Parasitic parasitology, Eye Infections, Parasitic pathology, Indians, South American, Keratitis ethnology, Mansonelliasis ethnology
- Abstract
Purpose: To describe corneal disorders in patients with systemic parasitic disease., Methods: Cross-sectional study consisted of ophthalmologic examinations, peripheral blood tests and skin biopsies in 496 subjects (395 Indians and 101 non-indians) from the upper Negro River, Brazilian Amazon., Results: Mansonella ozzardi was detected in the blood of 140 (28.23%) subjects. Seventy-six (55.07%) of them also presented multiple nummular opaque superficial lesions in the cornea. None of the examined patients presented onchocercal-related skin lesions or positive skin biopsies for filaria., Conclusion: There was a significant association between mansonelliasis and keratitis.
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- 2000
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