[Fascioliasis: a 23-year retrospective study].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical features and laboratory findings of patients with fascioliasis in southwestern France.


METHODS
Retrospective review of medical records of all patients diagnosed with fascioliasis in Bordeaux university hospital center from 1981 to 2004. Diagnosis must have been confirmed by serology or direct identification of fluke eggs.


RESULTS
We identified and analysed 37 cases. All patients had eosinophilia. Early diagnosis relied mainly on serum assays. Twenty-five patients were treated with a single dose of triclabendazole; five of them required a second double-strength dose.


CONCLUSIONS
Fascioliasis appears in southwestern France as sporadic cases with a clinical presentation that is mainly gastrointestinal. It can be treated with oral triclabendazole.
Dauchy
Frédéric-Antoine
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CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Pellegrin, Fédération de maladies infectieuses, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux. frederic.dauchy@chu-bordeaux.fr
Laharie
David
D
Neau
Didier
D
Lifermann
François
F
Dupon
Michel
M
Malvy
Denis
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors