Dirofilaria hongkongensis infection presenting as recurrent shoulder mass.

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Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, 518053 Shenzhen, China; Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address:

Published: August 2020

In 2012, a novel canine Dirofilaria species, D. hongkongensis was identified in Hong Kong that caused human diseases and subsequently reported in an Austrian traveller returning from the Indian subcontinent. Here we present a case of human infection by D. hongkongensis manifested as recurrent shoulder mass. Diagnosis was achieved by cox1 gene sequencing of the excised specimen. The case illustrated that parasitic infection represents an important differential diagnosis for musculoskeletal lesions.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.102117DOI Listing

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