Nanophyetus salmincola
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Epidemiology
- infection acquired by ingesting raw or inadequately cooked or smoked salmon or trout containing infectious metacercariae
- distribution: Pacific northwest, far eastern Siberia
Clinical manifestations
- occurrence of symptoms is related to the number of worms
- abdominal pain
- diarrhea
Laboratory
- eosinophilia may be present
- diagnosis is made by finding eggs in feces
- ovoid, operculate yellowish-brown eggs
- 60-80 by 34-50 um
Management
- praziquantel 20 mg/kg TID for 1 day
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References
- ↑ Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1290
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 930
- ↑ Harrell LW, Deardorff TL. Human nanophyetiasis: transmission by handling naturally infected coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). J Infect Dis. 1990 Jan;161(1):146-8. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2295848