Presentation
A male and three female patients aged 12-45 years presented with severe diarrhoea of 1-7 months duration associated with vomiting and central abdominal colics. Stools were yellowish or greenish and voluminous. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Entire Body System
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Pain
Herein, we report the case of a 22-year-old male who was admitted to the Emergency Department with continuous abdominal pain. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed an ileal intussusception. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The pain can last for weeks and there’s no vaccine – the only way to get the worm out is to gradually wrap it around a stick. The head-splitting fungus – Cordyceps fungi Erich G. [sciencefocus.com]
Giardia infections often lead to painful stomach cramping that can last up to six weeks. Pinworms are just what they sound like: tiny, thin, white worms that can grow to be up to a quarter-inch long. They are often transferred via dirt or waste. [wonderopolis.org]
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Fever
Thirty hours later the peripheral parasitaemia cleared with resolution of fever and haemoglobinuria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
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Splenectomy
Artemisinin resistance should be distinguished when prolonged parasite clearance is found in a malaria patient who has had splenectomy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Liver, Gall & Pancreas
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Liver Fibrosis
There was a positive association between plasma concentration of CCL4, sTNF-R1, CCL3 and MIF with gall bladder thickness and/or with portal vein thickness that are liver fibrosis markers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Eyes
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Blepharitis
The presence of D. acari in the follicles of the eyelashes in patients with chronic blepharitis was found in 69 (45.1%) cases. CONCLUSION: D. acari should be considered in patients with chronic blepharitis, especially in treatment-resistant cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Workup
경향신문 2013-11-7) 6) 단국대학교 서민 교수님 - 서민 on YouTube, 기생충같은 이야기 (blog), 기생충열전, 기생충 콘서트, 서민 교수 명함에 개가 있는 이유 (2018, 한겨레) 7) Workup for hypereosinophilia 8) Niclosamide (Praziquantel 내성 조충의 치료약) 9) 조선시대 흡충류 감염기전에 대한 고찰 (J Korean Med Assoc 2014;57:866-875) 10) [endotoday.com]
Microbiology
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Babesia Microti
Most cases of babesiosis reported in the United States have been tickborne and caused by Babesia microti, the etiologic agent of all previously described transfusion-transmitted cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Treatment
At the end of the treatment, duodenal biopsy specimens obtained from three patients were studied by transmission electron microscopy by two pathologists who were unaware of the patients' treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
I hope they can work as well for you, but please be patient with the treatment. [superfoodprofiles.com]
Prognosis
[…] review shows that a standardization initiative is essential to guide researchers and clinical laboratories towards the achievement of a robust and reproducible methodology, which will permit further evaluation of parasite load as a surrogate marker of prognosis [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Etiology
One challenging issue in the diagnosis of anisakiasis is the molecular detection of the etiological agent even at very low quantity, such as in gastric or intestinal biopsy and granulomas. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Epidemiology
Diagnosis is performed by combining clinical and epidemiological features, and through the detection of Leishmania parasites (or DNA) in tissue specimens or trough parasite isolation in culture medium. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
Prevention
Yanbian Center for Disease Control and Prevention. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]