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OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz157
Keywords
bursitis; diagnosis; Dirofilaria repens; dirofilariasis; elbow region
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- Statutory Funds of the Mecical University of Lublin [DS43]
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Our case report involves a 28-year-old man who was diagnosed with left elbow bursitis. After thorough macroscopic and microscopic examinations and serological and molecular tests, it was found that the inflammation had been caused by a Dirofilaria repens infection. This case report is the world's first documented description.
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