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Outer Ear Canal Infection with Rhabditis sp. Nematodes in a Human |
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| Authors: | Magnus Teschner Waldemar Würfel Ludwig Sedlacek Sebastian Suerbaum Dennis Tappe Mathias Walter Hornef |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany ;bInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany ;cBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany |
| Abstract: | Here we report the first human case of an outer ear canal infection with a free-living nematode of the genus Rhabditis. Otomicroscopy revealed viable worms in the outer ear canal of a patient suffering from chronic otorrhea and hearing loss. The nematode was identified by microscopy and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-PCR. |
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