Dirofilaria repens Testicular Infection in Child, Italy.

ABSTRACT: Testicular Dirofilaria repens infection was identified and confirmed by sequence analysis in a child in northeastern Italy. Because human dirofilariasis is emerging in southern and eastern Europe, this parasitic infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of scrotal swelling in disease-endemic countries to avoid unnecessary interventions, such as orchiectomy.

SUBMITTER: Ugolini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707574 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature