Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
Abstract
Toxocariasis is an important zoonotic disease caused by the second
stage larva of Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati . The typical
clinical syndromes of toxocariasis in humans are visceral and ocular
toxocariasis. Ocular toxocariasis may presents as peripheral
inflammatory mass, posterior pole granuloma and endophthalmitis. We
report a serologically confirmed case of ocular toxocariasis in
12-year-old female. The diagnosis was confirmed by detection of anti-
Toxocara antibodies in aqueous and vitreous sample by enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay. We suggest that ophthalmologist in this region
should include ocular toxocariasis in differential diagnosis
particularly in children and young adults
