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 MentzI
Fernando ProcianoyII
Marcelo Krieger MaestriII
Marilise Brites RottI
IDepto. Microbiologia, Inst. Ciências Básicas da Saúde
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
90050-170 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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.
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June 2011