title: Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis in a Laotian immigrant to Australia.
abstract: A case of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis that mimicked reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, and neoplasm occurred in a Laotian immigrant to Australia. The key to the diagnosis of this condition is awareness of the disease in persons from this region. The diagnosis was supported by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing. The patient was successfully treated with praziquantel.
authors.affiliation: Chest Clinic, Liverpool Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mukerjee
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D007812:Laos / Q000208:ethnology; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography