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Intracameral gnathostomiasins: a first case report from Pondicherry. 1999

V A Rao, and T Pravin, and S C Parija

Department of Microbiology, Jawahar Lal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.

In this communication, a first case of intracameral gnathostomiasis in a 34 years old woman in Pondicherry and its successful surgical removal is reported. The clinical presentation and epidemiology of the disease are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005260	Female		Females
D006039	Gnathostoma	A genus of parasitic nematodes that occurs in mammals including man. Infection in humans is either by larvae penetrating the skin or by ingestion of uncooked fish.	Gnathostomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D015822	Eye Infections, Parasitic	Mild to severe infections of the eye and its adjacent structures (adnexa) by adult or larval protozoan or metazoan parasites.	Ocular Infections, Parasitic,Parasitic Eye Infections,Eye Infection, Parasitic,Infection, Parasitic Eye,Infection, Parasitic Ocular,Infections, Parasitic Eye,Infections, Parasitic Ocular,Ocular Infection, Parasitic,Parasitic Eye Infection,Parasitic Ocular Infection,Parasitic Ocular Infections
D017205	Spirurida Infections	Infections with nematodes of the order SPIRURIDA.	Habronemiasis,Infections, Spirurida,Habronemiases,Infection, Spirurida,Spirurida Infection