Acute pulmonary schistosomiasis in travelers returning from Lake Malawi, sub-Saharan Africa.
We describe four cases of acute schistosomiasis presenting to the Infectious Diseases Unit of John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford, England) during a 2-month period in autumn 1997. All four patients had swum in Lake Malawi, a freshwater lake in sub-Saharan Africa that is associated with Schistosoma haematobium and, less commonly, Schistosoma mansoni infections. All four patients had a severe acute illness and had prominent pulmonary involvement, both clinically and radiologically. This represents a change in the recognized pattern of presentation and could possibly reflect a new parasite variant in the lake.
Cooke
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Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England.
Lalvani
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Gleeson
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Conlon
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014195:Travel
D011223:Praziquantel