Case Report: Ocular Gnathostomiasis in Venezuela Most Likely Acquired in Texas

Abstract

A 69-year-old male dentist in Caracas, Venezuela, was referred to our Cornea Clinic with a history of pain, photophobia, and blurred vision on his left eye. Routine biomicroscopic examination with a slit lamp showed a worm in the corneal stroma of his left eye. The worm was surgically removed and was identified morphologically as .

Development of Immunochromatographic Test Kit for Rapid Detection of Specific IgG4 Antibody in Whole-Blood Samples for Diagnosis of Human Gnathostomiasis

“…Gnathostomiasis patients usually present with intermittent cutaneous migratory swellings and creeping eruption. However, Gnathostoma worms can occasionally migrate to the viscera, eye, and central nervous system, causing serious disease and sometimes death [ 3 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. Definitive diagnosis of gnathostomiasis can be made by recovery of the migrating larvae from the human body, but this direct detection is extremely difficult.…”