Presentation
Patients generally present with chronic productive cough, hemoptysis, and chest pain. 3 During the migration process, other parts of the body can be involved, such as the brain, skin, abdomen, heart, breast, intraspinal, and subcutaneous tissues. [radiopaedia.org]
In the present study, the authors describe microcercous cercariae and rediae with the characteristics of the genus Paragonimus from land snails of the Achatinidae family caught in a forest zone of Cameroon where P. africanus is endemic. [wemjournal.org]
No patient presented with fever or altered general status. [bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com]
All the 38 paragonimus egg positive subjects presented with cough, 23 (60.53%) complained of chest pain while 16 (42.11%) had haemoptysis. [repository.globethics.net]
Entire Body System
- Pain
After 2-15 days, the initial signs and symptoms may be diarrhea and abdominal pain. This may be followed several days later by fever, chest pain, and fatigue. [parasitetesting.com]
All the 38 paragonimus egg positive subjects presented with cough, 23 (60.53%) complained of chest pain while 16 (42.11%) had haemoptysis. [bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com]
Patients generally present with chronic productive cough, hemoptysis, and chest pain. 3 During the migration process, other parts of the body can be involved, such as the brain, skin, abdomen, heart, breast, intraspinal, and subcutaneous tissues. [radiopaedia.org]
The diagnostic signs include cough, blood-tinged sputum and, less frequently, hemoptysis, distressing chest pain and dyspnea. The drugs of choice for treatment of paragonimiasis are praziquantel and bithionol. [kegg.jp]
- Fever
DISEASE Paragonimiasis is an acute infection with cough, abdominal pain, discomfort, and low-grade fever that may occur 2 to15 days after infection. The infection usually resolves without treatment. [parasitetesting.com]
Thus, in addition to tests for parasite-specific IgG antibody, tests for IgM-class antibody should always be considered f... more Summary Neorickettsia risticii, the obligatory intracellular bacterium that causes Potomac horse fever, has been detected [scinapse.io]
Dyspnea, chest pain, fever, and constitutional symptoms are found less frequently. Chest X-ray findings are variable and nondiagnostic. [jcm.asm.org]
Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, motor weakness, localized or generalized paralysis, and possibly death. [med-chem.com]
No patient presented with fever or altered general status. [bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com]
- Fatigue
This may be followed several days later by fever, chest pain, and fatigue. The symptoms may also include a dry cough initially, which later often becomes productive with rusty-colored or blood-tinged sputum on exertion. [parasitetesting.com]
His physical activity was normal and he did not complain of fatigue. Headaches had been worse over the past few months; therefore, he had missed several days of school. The headaches were frontal, throbbing, and associated with photophobia. [jcm.asm.org]
- Malaise
The initial illness is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal pain, urticaria, fever, malaise, and eosinophilia that last from days to weeks, when the immature flukes are migrating. [jcm.asm.org]
- Asymptomatic
Light infections may be asymptomatic, although peripheral blood eosinophilia and lung lesions may be noted on X‑ray examination. [med-chem.com]
Respiratoric
- Sputum
Copro-DNA detection was attempted using 23 faecal samples (18 from sputum egg-negative and five from sputum egg-positive individuals). Copro-DNA was detected in four of the five sputum egg-positive individuals. [researchonline.jcu.edu.au]
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Ova were also found in the sputum in one of 28 samples examined by the National Tuberculosis Project. [cabi.org]
The stool and sputum samples collected were preserved using 10% formalin solution and transported to the IMPM Laboratory in Yaounde for parasitological analysis. [hsd-fmsb.org]
ChaiBong-Kwang Jung Biology 2022 In lung fluke infections, cough, bloody sputum and bronchiectasis are the most common clinical manifestations, however, lung flukes often migrate to extrapulmonary sites, including the brain, spinal cord, skin, subcutaneous [semanticscholar.org]
- Cough
Paragonimus -positive monkeys coughed more than uninfected monkeys. Experimental de-worming led to reduction in parasite intensity and a corresponding reduction of coughing to baseline levels in infected monkeys. [kns.cnki.net]
Paragonimus-positive monkeys coughed more than uninfected monkeys. Experimental de-worming led to reduction in parasite intensity and a corresponding reduction of coughing to baseline levels in infected monkeys. [agris.fao.org]
Paragonimus-positive monkeys coughed more than uninfected monkeys. Experimental de-worming led to reduction in parasite intensity and a… CONTINUE READING [semanticscholar.org]
- Hemoptysis
In 1880, Manson acquired some sputa from Japanese patients who had hemoptysis and showed that the "endemic hemoptysis" of Formosa and Tokyo was caused by the same parasite. [isradiology.org]
The diagnostic signs include cough, blood-tinged sputum and, less frequently, hemoptysis, distressing chest pain and dyspnea. The drugs of choice for treatment of paragonimiasis are praziquantel and bithionol. [kegg.jp]
In addition, we did not register any case of hemoptysis. Cases of coinfection were moreover found in the studied population. [hsd-fmsb.org]
Other names of this disease are oriental lung fluke, endemic hemoptysis, Mason hemoptysis, pulmonary distomiasis, and parasitic hemoptysis ( 11 ). An estimated 20 million people are currently infected in Africa, Asia, and the Americas ( 18 ). [jcm.asm.org]
Patients generally present with chronic productive cough, hemoptysis, and chest pain. 3 During the migration process, other parts of the body can be involved, such as the brain, skin, abdomen, heart, breast, intraspinal, and subcutaneous tissues. [radiopaedia.org]
- Productive Cough
Patients generally present with chronic productive cough, hemoptysis, and chest pain. 3 During the migration process, other parts of the body can be involved, such as the brain, skin, abdomen, heart, breast, intraspinal, and subcutaneous tissues. [radiopaedia.org]
He had an occasional productive cough but no hematemesis, nasal congestion, chest pain, or shortness of breath. He occasionally had fever but no chills or night sweats. [jcm.asm.org]
Gastrointestinal
- Vomiting
Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, motor weakness, localized or generalized paralysis, and possibly death. [med-chem.com]
[…] types including the subcutaneous mass type, cerebral type, pericarditis type, abdominal type, and pleurisy type. [7] Infections of the pleurisy type, for instance, exhibit symptoms like chest pain and cough while the cerebral type tends to result in vomiting [en.wikipedia.org]
He denied any syncope, vomiting, or persistent poor vision. His headaches were relieved with acetaminophen (Tylenol). His physical examination was unremarkable. [jcm.asm.org]
- Nausea
Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, motor weakness, localized or generalized paralysis, and possibly death. [med-chem.com]
Neurologic
- Confusion
P. westermani eggs are often confused with Diphyllobothrium eggs because they are operculated, unembryonated, and somewhat similar in size. [med-chem.com]
Pleural involvement is common ( 16 ) and can cause an eosinophilic empyema that can be confused clinically with tuberculosis. Long-standing lesions exhibit fibrosis and decreased inflammatory response, which may eventually calcify. [jcm.asm.org]
Workup
Microbiology
- Paragonimus Westermani
[…] homes on the net › Paragonimus Westermani Egg In Sputum Loading... [homesonthenet.info]
In 1889, Leuckart demonstrated that the fluke found by Kerbert in 1877 in the lungs of the Bengal tiger in Amsterdam was the identical trematode, Paragonimus westermani, causing endemic hemoptysis in Formosa and Japan. [isradiology.org]
[…] bile duct hepatic artery hepatic portal vein all flukes in this order encyst in a second intermediate host as metacercaria Paragonimus westermani = main one Paragonimus africanus Paragonimus mexicanus Paragonimus kellicotti Paragonimus westermani location [quizlet.com]
Treatment
DNA probes, PCR, and PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis have been developed. 1-4 Treatment and prognosis Praziquantel is the treatment for human paragonimiasis, 25 mg/kg three times daily for 2–3 days is the recommended [radiopaedia.org]
Central and South America Paragonimus kellicotti location mid western North America Diagnosis of Paragonimiasis operculated eggs in sputum or feces 80-118 um by 48-60 um flattened operculum serologic and intradermal skin tests used to screen populations Treatment [quizlet.com]
Is there treatment? Yes, there is treatment. Several drugs are available through your physician after being accurately diagnosed. How can I prevent Paragonimus infection? Never eat raw freshwater crabs or crayfish. [parasitetesting.com]
The chapter concludes with a summary of information on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of these trematodes. [scinapse.io]
The drugs of choice for treatment of paragonimiasis are praziquantel and bithionol. [kegg.jp]
Prognosis
DNA probes, PCR, and PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis have been developed. 1-4 Treatment and prognosis Praziquantel is the treatment for human paragonimiasis, 25 mg/kg three times daily for 2–3 days is the recommended [radiopaedia.org]
Etiology
When told of this finding in one of his former patients, Patrick Manson suspected that this fluke might be the etiology of the benign hemoptysis be encountered so often in his practice in Amoy, China. [isradiology.org]
Epidemiology
Epidemiology of Trematode Infections: An Update. J. [semanticscholar.org]
The Trematoda class contains several species identified as the causal agents of these diseases whose biological cycle, geographical distribution and epidemiology have been well characterised. [scinapse.io]
Abstract : An epidemiological study was carried out in 2004-2005 at the anti-tuberculosis centre of Divo (Ivory Coast) to collect sera from patients who consulted for tuberculosis suspicion and to estimate the seroprevalence of human paragonimosis in [hal.archives-ouvertes.fr]
The aim of this study was to investigate the presence and epidemiology of paragonimiasis in the peri-urban zone of Kumba, Meme Division, located about 50 km away from the Kupe mountain focus. [repository.globethics.net]
Prevention
Paragonimus kellicotti location mid western North America Diagnosis of Paragonimiasis operculated eggs in sputum or feces 80-118 um by 48-60 um flattened operculum serologic and intradermal skin tests used to screen populations Treatment of paragonimiasis Prevention [quizlet.com]
PREVENTION AND CONTROL Never eat raw freshwater crabs or crayfish. Cook crabs and crayfish for to at least 145°F (~63°C). Travelers should be advised to avoid traditional meals containing undercooked freshwater crustaceans. [parasitetesting.com]
The chapter concludes with a summary of information on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of these trematodes. [scinapse.io]
In cases of cerebral lesions, higher doses must be given but only in combination with steroids to prevent epilepsy secondary to perilesional edema. Older drugs like bithionol and niclofolan are also effective but more toxic ( 15 ). [jcm.asm.org]
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