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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14881| Title: | Note on a probable case of toxocara choroiditis |
| Authors: | Damato, Francis Joseph Agius, Emanuel Busuttil, V. |
| Keywords: | Toxocara -- Malta -- Case studies Larva migrans, Visceral Chorioretinitis |
| Issue Date: | 1972 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Damato, F.J., Agius, E., & Busuttil, V. (1972). Note on a probable case of toxocara choroiditis. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 7(1), 61-62. |
| Abstract: | A case report regarding a man who complained of a “foggy” vision in the left eye is presented. In the patient`s home there have been no dogs for 14 years, but cats have always been kept. This is a probable case of toxocara choroiditis, a newly understood disease due to manifestation with the larva of the nemathelminths Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati. Besides a review regarding diagnosis and treatment of this case, reference is made to the study of Dr. R. A. Wiseman of the London School of Hygiene when he, on a study tour, visited Malta in 1967. Dr. Wiseman examined 52 dogs in Malta and found some 14 of them infected, the percentage figure being given as 28.8 %. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14881 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 7, Issue 1 TSLHG, Volume 7, Issue 1 |
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| Note on a probable Case of Toxocara Choroiditis.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 343.25 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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