A familial case of visceral toxocariasis due to consumption of raw bovine liver.
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.
Yoshikawa
Masahide
M
Department of Parasitology, Nara Medical University, Japan. myoshika@naramed-u.ac.jp
Nishiofuku
Mariko
M
Moriya
Kei
K
Ouji
Yukiteru
Y
Ishizaka
Shigeaki
S
Kasahara
Kei
K
Mikasa
Kei-Ichi
K
Hirai
Toshiko
T
Mizuno
Youka
Y
Ogawa
Shuhei
S
Nakamura
Takahito
T
Maruyama
Haruhiko
H
Akao
Nobuaki
N
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
D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D015766:Albendazole