Dioctophyma renale is a parasite of the Dioctophymidae family that principally occurs in dogs or other carnivores. Humans are accidental definitive hosts. Ingested Dioctophyma larvae migrate into the right kidney where they mature. Clinical presentation of D. renale infection is unspecific.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
1F9Z Helminthiases, unspecified
H01055 Giant kidney worm infection
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (animals)
Infections caused by nematodes
H01055 Giant kidney worm infection
