Human Infection with Gongylonema in Georgia

James C. Dismuke Jr. Georgia Department of Public Health, Division of Laboratories, Atlanta, Georgia

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Conrad F. Routh Georgia Department of Public Health, Division of Laboratories, Atlanta, Georgia

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Summary

This report describes the extraction of a single male Gongylonema from the lower lip of a man in Georgia and suggests the source was shallow wells and/or the ingestion of cockroaches.

Author Notes

Private physician, Adel, Georgia.

Division of Laboratories, Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia.

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