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Awender, Erich

A5062145588 | I2802948906

Mayo Clinic

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Enterobius vermicularis in a 14-Year-Old Girl's Eye

Journal of Clinical Microbiology | September 29, 2011 | Volume: 49 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 4369-4370

10.1128/jcm.05475-11 | PMID 21956983

ABSTRACTWe report an unusual case of extraintestinal infection with adultEnterobius vermicularisworms in the nares and ocular orbit of a 14-year-old girl in Illinois. Only one other similar case has been reported in the English-language literature.