Human pulmonary dirofilariasis (HPD) is a rare zoonotic disease caused by Dirofilaria
immitis, the nematode responsible for canine cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis (dog …

Pulmonary dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, is a rarely reported
pulmonary lesion. It most often appears as a solitary pulmonary nodule, often mistaken for a …

The published data on 60 patients with solitary pulmonary nodules caused or presumed
caused by Dirofilaria immitis acquired in the United States are reviewed to characterize the …

Pulmonary dirofilariasis (PD), caused by Dirofilaria immitis (D. immitis), the dog heartworm,
is not common in humans, though we recently encountered 4 cases. Chest X-ray images …

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis is a rare zoonotic infection caused by the dog heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis, which is transmitted via a vector/intermediate host, generally the …

Pulmonary dirofilariasis caused by Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, is a rarely reported
pulmonary lesion. It appears as a solitary pulmonary nodule, and the diagnosis is not …

The two cases of human pulmonary dirofilariasis reported bring the number of cases
published in the English literature to 21. As in most cases of pulmonary dirofilariasis, these …

Background The dog heartworm Dirofilaria immitis is known to cause solitary pulmonary
nodules in humans. Human pulmonary dirofilariasis (HPD) is more prevalent along the …

Dirofilaria immitis, the dog heartworm, may accidentally infect humans and manifest as a
subpleural solitary or multiple pulmonary nodules that are often difficult to differentiate from …

The clinical, radiological and pathological aspects of 24 cases of human pulmonary
dirofilariasis from São Paulo, Brazil, over a 14-year period (February 1982 to June 1996) are …