title: [Fascioliasis: a 23-year retrospective study].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Pellegrin, Fédération de maladies infectieuses, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux. frederic.dauchy@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: Frédéric-Antoine
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Dauchy
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laharie
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neau
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lifermann
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dupon
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malvy
mesh_terms: 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