Author's reply - RE.: Human ocular sparganosis in Southern Brazil

AUTHOR'S REPLY

RE.: Human ocular sparganosis in Southern Brazil

May 12, 2011

Professor Wiwanitkit,

Thank you for the interest and observations on our case report of ocular sparganosis in Brazil¹. Although we were not able to observe the parasite's migration, the patient stated that the resected lesions had changed their position around the eyeball along a period of time. Because we found no other signs of parasitic infection before or after removal of these parasites, we strongly believe that coinfection is a possible hypothesis.

Sincerely,

Marcia Bohrer Mentz^I

Fernando Procianoy^II

Marcelo Krieger Maestri^II

Marilise Brites Rott^I

^IDepto. Microbiologia, Inst. Ciências Básicas da Saúde

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

90050-170 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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^IIDepto. Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

• 1. Mentz MB, Procianoy F, Maestri MK, Rott MB. Human ocular sparganosis in southern Brazil. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2011;53:51-3.

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  27 July 2011
• Date of issue
  June 2011