title: [Clinical, parasitological and serological investigations in sarcosporidiosis (sarcocystis suihominis) of man (author's transl)].
abstract: Eight medical students ate for a test raw meat from a pig experimentally infected with sporocysts of Sarcocystis suihominis. The meat had been officially controlled before and was found free of Trichinella and qualified for consumption. 6 to 24 hours after the meal all persons suffered from acute clinical symptoms, above all diarrhoea and vomiting, coldness and sweating which decreased, however, within 12 to 24 hours. Clinical-chemical investigations made during this time suggested an acute infection combined with an exsiccosis; the specificity of the infection, however, could only be established by serological methods and by microscopical demonstration of sporocysts of the agent. The pathogenetic relations are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine
vernacular_title: Klinische, parasitologische und serologische Untersuchungen zur Sarkosporidiose (Sarcocystis suihominis) des Menschen.