Reid; Weil, Gary J.; and Fischer, Peter U., "Comparative proteomics of adult Paragonimus kellicotti excretion/secretion products released in vitro or present in the lung cyst nodule." [digitalcommons.wustl.edu]

Clinical Case A 29-year-old male presented to his primary care physician with a complaint of hemoptysis that has been going on for a year. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Camping

  Weil Medicine Emerging infectious diseases 2012 An investigation of 9 new cases of lung fluke infection in Missouri found that in all cases, patients had eaten raw crayfish while on rafting or camping trips and most had been drinking alcohol, so physicians [semanticscholar.org]

  Locally acquired Paragonimus kellicotti infestations are most common in young men who become infected with the organism following consumption of raw crayfish while camping or on a river float trip. [clinlabnavigator.com]

  Patients consumed raw crayfish while on float (recreational river) trips (7/9, 77.8%), camping (1/9, 11.1%), or as a demonstration of wilderness survival skills (1/9, 11.1%). [go.gale.com]

  To ensure timely treatment, anyone who presents with hemoptysis, eosinophilia, fever, and suspicious infiltrates on imaging and has a history of consuming crayfish while taking camping or river trips in Midwestern rivers should be tested for paragonimiasis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Lymphadenopathy

  Other common imaging findings include pleural effusion, pleural thickening, a mass or consolidation, and mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Fishing

  Journal of Fish Biology 1, 209–19.CrossRefGoogle Scholar Stromberg, P. C. & Crites, J. L. (1975). Population biology of Camallamus oxycephalus Ward and Magath, 1916 (Nematoda: Carnallanidae) in white bass in western Lake Erie. [cambridge.org]

• Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy

  Other common imaging findings include pleural effusion, pleural thickening, a mass or consolidation, and mediastinal and/or hilar lymphadenopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Myalgia

  Signs and symptoms diagnosis, wk 1 Fever, pharyngitis, cough, 3 dyspnea, eosinophilia 2 Fatigue, cough, fever, 12 eosinophilia 3 Fever, malaise, cough, 12 headache, eosinophilia 4 Fever, myalgia, malaise, cough, 12 weight loss, eosinophilia 5 Fever, myalgia [go.gale.com]

• Suggestibility

  In raccoons with pleural adhesions massive fibroplasia with eosinophil infiltration beneath the pulmonary pleura suggested a reaction to a migrating parasite entering the lung from the thoracic cavity. [bioone.org]

  The morphologic features of the eggs in the biopsy coupled with a history of eating uncooked/undercooked crayfish were highly suggestive of paragonimiasis caused by P. kellicotti, the North American lung fluke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Neglect

  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(8): e0010679. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010679. © 2022 Di Maggio et al. [digitalcommons.wustl.edu]

• Meningism

  We describe the first 2 cases of eosinophilic meningitis due to Paragonimus kellicotti. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Left Pleural Effusion

  A CT scan showed a mass/area of consolidation in the left upper lobe of his lung along with mediastinal lymphadenopathy and a left pleural effusion (Figure 1). A bronchoscopy was nondiagnostic, so a CT guided biopsy was performed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Pulmonary Infiltrate

  On chest radiographs, the most common findings are pleural effusion, pulmonary infiltrates, and calcifications, but, in some cases (up to 40% in one study), no abnormality is seen [6, 7]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Cavitary Lesion

  We describe a patient with a pleuropulmonary infection due to Paragonimus kellicotti that presented as recurrent pneumothoraces and a cavitary lesion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Pleural Adhesions

  In raccoons with pleural adhesions massive fibroplasia with eosinophil infiltration beneath the pulmonary pleura suggested a reaction to a migrating parasite entering the lung from the thoracic cavity. [bioone.org]

Antibody reactivity declined after praziquantel treatment. Thus, the P. kellicotti WB appears to be superior to P. westermani WB for diagnosing Pk infections, and it may be useful for assessing responses to treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All patients in this series were treated with praziquantel for 2-3 days, and 7 (77.8%) experienced rapid clinical improvement or cure after treatment. One patient had some residual dyspnea and chest tightness 4 weeks after treatment. [go.gale.com]

Antibody reactivity declined after praziquantel treatment. [ajtmh.org]

All patients in this series were treated with praziquantel for 2–3 days, and 7 (77.8%) experienced rapid clinical improvement or cure after treatment. One patient had some residual dyspnea and chest tightness 4 weeks after treatment. [wwwnc.cdc.gov]

If the patient had possessed cancer with advanced metastasis, the opportunity for surgery would have been lost and the patient would receive a poor prognosis ( 11 ). [spandidos-publications.com]

Lung Diseases, Parasitic/immunology Lung Diseases, Parasitic/pathology* Male Metacercariae/isolation & purification Missouri/epidemiology Paragonimiasis/epidemiology Paragonimiasis/immunology Paragonimiasis/pathology* Paragonimus/genetics Paragonimus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

& Asor, J.E. (1998) Epidemiology of paragonimiasis in Cross River basin, Nigeria: prevalence and intensity of infection due to Paragonimus uterobilateralis. Public Health, 112, 119–122. [biotaxa.org]

What should you consider regarding the epidemiology and microbiology of paragonimiasis? A. Most cases are reported in North America B. P. kellicotti requires snail and crustacean intermediate hosts C. [wwwnc.cdc.gov]

All 11 proven Pk infection sera and two samples from suspected cases that were negative by P. westermani WB at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contained antibodies to antigens at 34 kDa and at 21/23 kDa. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] formation of a cyst in right caudal lung lobe absent but intermittent cough can occur heavy infections: more severe cough, pneumonia and death sedimentation method of choice radiographic lesions fecal flotation praziquantal access to hosts difficult to prevent [quizlet.com]

Effective prevention strategies should focus on physician education to improve awareness of this disease and education targeted at the general population. [go.gale.com]

Weil Gary J Paragonimus westermani - Wikipedia Paragonimus kellicotti Fluke infections Missouri USA. and Hayes Ericka V. pharmavite careers language English US volume pages journal Emerging Infectious Diseases issn publisher Centers for Control and Prevention [lepetitjardincreche.com]