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- Title
Ocular Toxocariasis in Parasitology Consultation in Quindío, Colombia: Description of Cases and Contact Studies.
- Authors
Gómez-Marín, Jorge Enrique; Londoño, Ángela Liliana; Cabeza-Acevedo, Nancy; Torres, Elizabeth; Navarrete-Moncada, Leonidas; Bueno, Oriana; Nati, Alejandro; Nieto-Rodríguez, Pedro; Ariza-Pardo, Stiven; Isaza, Karol Johana; Chacón-Álvarez, Valeria; Romero-Delgado, Stefany Andrea; Grijalva-Plaza, Saray
- Abstract
We report diagnosis, treatment and evolution of cases of ocular toxocariasis in specialized consultation in Quindío, Colombia. No cases were seen during the 2000-17 period, but five cases were confirmed from November 2017 to March 2019; two children resulted with definitive loss of vision on the affected eye. Studies in contacts found that 12 of 19 (63%) family members and 15 of 25 (60%) children <15 years of age living on the same street were positive for IgG Toxocara antibodies. Epidemiological studies are necessaries to establish the reasons for the increase in cases at this region.
- Subjects
TOXOCARIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; DIAGNOSIS; CASE studies
- Publication
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2021, Vol 67, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0142-6338
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/tropej/fmaa096