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- Title
Guinea worm infection of urinary bladder manifesting as obstructive uropathy in rural Maharashtra.
- Authors
Birare, Shivaji D.; Kamble, M. H.; Lanjewar, D. N.; Parija, S. C.; Girji, D. D.; Kulkarni, P. V.; Gupta, Rashmi S.; Jabbar, A. M. Abdul
- Abstract
Guinea worm or Dracunculus medinensis is a well-documented helminthic infestation in many areas of Asia. In this report, we describe a rare case of guinea worm infestation in a 25-year-old woman who had developed symptoms of obstructive uropathy, in whom fragments of guinea worm were removed after urethral catheterization. To the best of our knowledge, adult guinea worm occurring in the urinary bladder has not been previously described.
- Subjects
ASIA; MAHARASHTRA (India); INDIA; GUINEA worm; URINARY catheterization; BLADDER; CASE studies
- Publication
Tropical Doctor, 2005, Vol 35, Issue 4, p242
- ISSN
0049-4755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1258/004947505774938503