Guinea worm infection of urinary bladder manifesting as obstructive uropathy in rural Maharashtra

Abstract

Guinea worm or Dracunculus medinensis is a well-documented helminthic infestation in many areas of Asia. In this report, we describe a rare case of guinea worm infestation in a 25-year-old woman who had developed symptoms of obstructive uropathy, in whom fragments of guinea worm were removed after urethral catheterization. To the best of our knowledge, adult guinea worm occurring in the urinary bladder has not been previously described.

Identification of Antigenic Determinants, Solvent Accessibility and MHC Binders of Antigen NADH Dehydrogenase Subunit 5 from a Little Dragon from Medina (Dracunculusmedinensis)

“…D.medinesis (a little dragon from Medina) is the causative agent and it is the only species from the 12 species of Dracunculus [7][8][9][10] which infects humans, commonly known as "Guinea Worm Disease (GWD)". The other Dracunculus species generally resides in the internal tissues and body cavities of non-human mammals and reptiles (snake and turtles) [11]. This little dragon undergo a very unusual life cycle of six developmental stages with incubation period last for 1 to one an half years approximately ( Figure 1) [12].…”