title: A familial case of visceral toxocariasis due to consumption of raw bovine liver.
abstract: We present 3 adult cases of visceral toxocariasis from the same family, who each consumed thin slices of raw bovine liver weekly, and developed eosinophilia and multiple small lesions in their livers and lungs. Serological examinations using the larval excretory-secretory product of Toxocara canis strongly indicated infection with Toxocara species larvae. The patients responded well to treatment with albendazole. Ingestion of raw liver from paratenic animals is considered to be a common transmission route of human toxocariasis, especially in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Nara Medical University, Japan. myoshika@naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishiofuku
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Yukiteru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouji
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Kei-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikasa
authors.forename: Toshiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Youka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Takahito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D002417:Cattle; D004802:Eosinophilia; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D015766:Albendazole