A human case of Plagiorchis muris (Tanabe, 1922: Digenea) infection in the Republic of Korea: freshwater fish as a possible source of infection.
A Korean man was found infected with Plagiorchis muris and 2 other intestinal trematodes, Echinostoma hortense and Metagonimus takahashii. No complaint of gastrointestinal discomfort due to these fluke infections was noted. The patient had a history of eating various kinds of freshwater fish caught from a small stream near his village. Freshwater fish collected from the stream were examined for trematode metacercariae by an artificial digestion technique. Unidentified metacercariae collected were administered to a Sprague-Dawley rat. One P. muris adult was recovered from the small intestine of the rat on day 8 postinfection. Thus, freshwater fish of the genera Liobagrus, Puntungia, and Odontobutis are a probable source of infection for this patient.
Hong
S J
SJ
Department of Parasitology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Chilamdong, Chinju, Republic of Korea.
Woo
H C
HC
Chai
J Y
JY
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D016266:Food Parasitology; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology