A case report of human gastrodiscoidiasis in Nepal.
Endoscopy
Foodborne trematodes
Gastrodiscoides hominis
Gastrodiscoidiasis
Nepal
Journal
Parasitology international
ISSN: 1873-0329
Titre abrégé: Parasitol Int
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9708549
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Aug 2019
Historique:
received:
09
10
2018
revised:
14
03
2019
accepted:
25
03
2019
pubmed:
31
3
2019
medline:
18
6
2019
entrez:
31
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Gastrodiscoidiasis is a snail-transmitted zoonotic infection caused by the digenean trematode Gastrodiscoides hominis, which is the only species in the genus Gastrodiscoides infecting humans. We report a case of human gastrodiscoidiasis in a 66 years-old Nepali man without history of travels outside of Nepal who was admitted in the hospital with pain in upper abdomen for 4 months with history of passage of black-tarry stools, anemia and eosinophilia. During upper endoscopy a living trematode worm was seen in the antrum of the stomach. After isolation, the worm was identified morphologically as Gastrodiscoides hominis. Stool analysis of the patient revealed eggs of this parasite. The cause of the infection appeared to be related to the habit of the patient to eat raw watercress. This is the first report of human infection with Gastrodiscoides hominis in Nepal. However, the burden of this foodborne trematode infection in Nepal might be underestimated.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30926537
pii: S1383-5769(18)30405-7
doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2019.03.014
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
56-58Informations de copyright
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