Fascioliasis imported to Norway.
We report 3 cases of fascioliasis imported to Norway: a 24-y-old male Vietnamese immigrant and a 51-y-old female Vietnamese immigrant with acute fascioliasis, and a 2-y-old male Ethiopian adoptee with chronic fascioliasis. Diagnosis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies to Fasciola hepatica in the 2 first cases and by demonstration of Fasciola hepatica eggs in stool samples in the latter case. Treatment with oral triclabendazole led to prompt cure in all 3 patients. Imported fascioliasis is rarely reported but should be suspected in patients with a travel history to endemic areas, abdominal symptoms and hypereosinophilia of the blood.
Jensenius
Mogens
M
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. mogens.jensenius@ioks.uio.no
Flaegstad
Trond
T
Stenstad
Tore
T
Gjølberg
Tor
T
Vlatkovic
Ljiljana
L
Schjøth-Iversen
Line
L
Berild
Dag
D
Bordmann
Gerard
G
Myrvang
Bjørn
B
D000328:Adult; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077682:Triclabendazole; D014744:Vietnam
D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D000077682:Triclabendazole; D011223:Praziquantel