Gnathostomiasis: an emerging imported disease.
As the scope of international travel expands, an increasing number of travelers are coming into contact with helminthic parasites rarely seen outside the tropics. As a result, the occurrence of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection leading to the clinical syndrome gnathostomiasis is increasing. In areas where Gnathostoma is not endemic, few clinicians are familiar with this disease. To highlight this underdiagnosed parasitic infection, we describe a case series of patients with gnathostomiasis who were treated during a 12-month period at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
Moore
David A J
DA
Imperial College, London, UK.
McCroddan
Janice
J
Dekumyoy
Paron
P
Chiodini
Peter L
PL
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel