A case of cutaneous paragonimiasis presented with minimal pleuritis. [tropicalparasitology.org]

The present study also revealed the considerable genetic variation of the P. skrjabini complex and its possible distribution in other countries. [researchgate.net]

[…] as not having typical clinical symptoms, but repeatedly presenting with migrated lesions between the lung and pleura. [ijpmonline.org]

Radiologically, may be presented as consolidation, pleural effusion, and other nonspecific abnormalities. [lungindia.com]

Six months prior to presentation he had captured crayfish, cooked them, and eaten them in Bennett Springs State Park near Lebanon, Missouri. He also had crayfish in a restaurant 1 month prior to presentation. [academic.oup.com]

• High Fever

  Three of them were affected with varying degrees of limb hemiplegia, and in 1 this was combined with high fever; the blood eosinophil count and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed positive results too. [thejns.org]

  fever, it can also come on slowly and fail to exhibit identifiable symptoms for a period of latency between 20 days to as long as 3 months.[7] Later on in the infection, the type of symptoms that appear primarily depends on which organs the P. skrjabini [en.wikipedia.org]

• Vietnamese

  Vietnam J Pract Med 5:27 (in Vietnamese) Google Scholar WHO/FAO (2004) Joint WHO/FAO workshop on food-borne trematode infections in Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam 26–28 November 2002. [doi.org]

  Vietnam J Biol 2002;24: 14-22 (in Vietnamese with English abstract). 14. Doanh PN, Shinohara A, Horii Y, Habe S, Nawa Y, The DT, Le NT. [parasitol.kr]

  (in Vietnamese with English abstract). [ Google Scholar ] 14. Doanh PN, Shinohara A, Horii Y, Habe S, Nawa Y, The DT, Le NT. [e-sciencecentral.org]

  The results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Vietnamese Paragonimus species provides new insights on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Paragonimus. [koreascience.or.kr]

  Further analyses are needed on specimens from various geographical locations to confirm whether the newly discovered Vietnamese population, together with Chinese Yunnan and Indian Manipur populations, would make up a new sub-species of the P. skrjabini [researchgate.net]

• Anorexia

  He was first admitted to a local hospital in September 2012 with a 1-week history of marasmus, fatigue, anorexia, and occasional headache. [ijpmonline.org]

• Weakness

  The patient was confused, had normal vital signs, significant left upper extremity weakness, and mild left-sided facial weakness. [academic.oup.com]

• Fatigue

  He was first admitted to a local hospital in September 2012 with a 1-week history of marasmus, fatigue, anorexia, and occasional headache. [ijpmonline.org]

• Abdominal Pain

  […] type infections lead to diarrhea and abdominal pain.[7] P. skrjabini has shown no effect on mammalian reproductive abilities.[7] Despite occasional cases resulting in death, P. skrjabini has not been widely known to cause morbidity and death.[5] Surgery [en.wikipedia.org]

• Diarrhea

  Symptoms and Signs of Paragonimiasis During invasion and migration of the flukes, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, cough, urticaria, hepatosplenomegaly, pulmonary abnormalities, and eosinophilia may develop. [msdmanuals.com]

  for instance, exhibit symptoms like chest pain and cough while the cerebral type tends to result in vomiting and headaches.[7] The pericarditis type is associated with shortness of breath and palpitation while the abdominal type infections lead to diarrhea [en.wikipedia.org]

• Vomiting

  Methods The authors have encountered 14 cases of cerebral paragonimiasis in patients between the ages of 6 and 16 years (mean age 11.5 years) who presented with sudden headache, nausea, and vomiting. [thejns.org]

  […] 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]

• Palpitations

  […] 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 and headaches.[7] The pericarditis type is associated with shortness of breath and palpitation [en.wikipedia.org]

• Subcutaneous Mass

  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 and headaches.[7] The pericarditis [en.wikipedia.org]

• Suggestibility

  Moreover, low bootstrap values in the CO1 tree suggested that more variant genotypes belonging to P. skrjabini complex may be found in other Asian countries in between Vietnam and India, such as Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Data on the use of triclabendazole in pregnant women are limited, although the available evidence suggests low risk for congenital anomalies. [cdc.gov]

  […] transmitted by the snail population; 4) to examine the genetics of snail populations brought to our attention by those of the TMRC project 1 who have found a genetically diverse population of parasite of either S. japonicum or paragonimus spp. that would suggest [grantome.com]

• Headache

  CASE 1 A previously healthy 32-year-old man taking no medications presented with 2 days of severe headache. The patient noted a pulling sensation behind his left eye followed by headache and blurry vision; left eye deviation was noted. [academic.oup.com]

  Methods The authors have encountered 14 cases of cerebral paragonimiasis in patients between the ages of 6 and 16 years (mean age 11.5 years) who presented with sudden headache, nausea, and vomiting. [thejns.org]

  He was first admitted to a local hospital in September 2012 with a 1-week history of marasmus, fatigue, anorexia, and occasional headache. [ijpmonline.org]

  CNS symptoms may include headaches, seizures, and visual disturbances. Paragonimus flukes may also invade the liver, spleen, intestinal wall, peritoneum, and abdominal lymph nodes. [cdc.gov]

  […] 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 and headaches [en.wikipedia.org]

• Confusion

  P. macrorchis Chen, 1962 has probably been confused with P. skrjabiniin China. Within China, the former probably occurs only on Hainan Island, although P. fukienensis Tang & Tang, 1962 from Fujian Province could be a synonym. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Manifestations of pulmonary infection develop slowly and include chronic cough, chest pain, hemoptysis, and dyspnea; the clinical picture resembles and is often confused with tuberculosis. [msdmanuals.com]

  Here we present a case of cutaneous paragonimiasis in a child because of its rarity and diagnostic confusion with other causes of benign subcutaneous swellings. [tropicalparasitology.org]

• Neglect

  Abstract Background: Paragonimiasis is an important and widespread neglected tropical disease. Fifteen Paragonimus species are human pathogens, but two of these, Paragonimus westermani and P. skrjabini, are responsible for the bulk of human disease. [mendeley.com]

• Trichinella Spiralis

  Furthermore, the sensitivity of the PsCP-based ELISA was 95.5 %, and the indirect ELISA displays no cross-reactivity with human antisera against Echinococcus granulosus, Taenia solium, Schistosoma japonicum, and Trichinella spiralis, either. [pubag.nal.usda.gov]

• Taenia Solium

  Furthermore, the sensitivity of the PsCP-based ELISA was 95.5 %, and the indirect ELISA displays no cross-reactivity with human antisera against Echinococcus granulosus, Taenia solium, Schistosoma japonicum, and Trichinella spiralis, either. [pubag.nal.usda.gov]

• Echinococcus Multilocularis

  Identification, molecular characterization and expression of the gene encoding the epidermal growth factor receptor orthologue from the fox-tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Plasmodium Falciparum

  Proteolytic processing of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 produces a membrane-bound fragment containing two epidermal growth factor-like domains. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Fasciola Hepatica

  Complete mitochondrial genomes of the 'intermediate form' of Fasciola and Fasciola gigantica, and their comparison with F. hepatica. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

but improved with 3 cycles of praziquantel treatment and 1 cycle of albendazole treatment. [ijpmonline.org]

For individual patients in clinical settings, the risk of treatment in pregnant women who are known to have an infection needs to be balanced with the risk of disease progression in the absence of treatment. [cdc.gov]

Human Paragonimiasis skrjabini manifests as a complex set of clinical symptoms, which may result in misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. Dr. Kongzhen Gu Dr. [trematode.net]

Three of these patients were given carbamazepine from the beginning of parasiticidal treatment to prevent seizures; 4 of the remaining 7 patients experienced epileptic seizures during the treatment process. [thejns.org]

Paragonimus skrjabini is a unique species found in China and the main etiological agent of extrapulmonary paragonimiasis in human. [trematode.net]

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]

Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 146: 536-541, 1983 Epidemiological investigation on intermediate hosts of paragonimus in Ninghai County in 2004. 2006 Epidemiological survey on paragonimiasis and intermediate hosts of paragonimus westermani in yochon [eurekamag.com]

Addressing the biology, epidemiology, and pathogenesis of more than 60 microorganisms, Molecular Detection of Foodborne Pathogens demonstrates how to implement a surveillance system that uses state-of-the-art molecular techniques to quickly detect and [books.google.es]

A recent epidemiological survey showed that the rate of paragonimiasis in some areas was over 21%. Paragonimus skrjabini is a unique species found in China and the main etiological agent of extrapulmonary paragonimiasis in human. [trematode.net]

He joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1993, first as a guest researcher and then as a senior staff fellow. [books.google.es]

Preventive antiepileptic drugs should be used along with the administration of parasiticide. Abbreviations used in this paper: ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ; ICH = intracranial hemorrhage . [thejns.org]

According to WHO guidelines for mass prevention campaigns, the use of praziquantel during lactation is encouraged. [cdc.gov]

The best prevention is to avoid eating raw or undercooked freshwater crabs and crayfish from endemic waters. Click here for Patient Education [msdmanuals.com]