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candiru fever
Epidemiology:
- small South American fish native to the Amazon river basin
Clinical manifestations:
- accounts of entry into rectum & vagina
- most accounts involve entry throught the penis into the bladder
* unclear whether candiru is etiology of pathology [2]
General
infestation; ectoparasitic infection
References
- Snomed
- Bauer IL
Candiru - A Little Fish With Bad Habits: Need Travel Health
Professionals Worry? A Review.
J Travel Med. 2013 Mar-Apr;20(2):119-24. Epub 2013 Jan 2. Review.
PMID: 23464720 Free Article
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/20/2/119/1881714