title: Domestically acquired fascioliasis in northern California.
abstract: Two cases of domestically acquired fascioliasis are reported. Patient One was a 63-year-old male who developed a febrile illness 2 months after eating watercress in Marin County. Patient Two was a 38-year-old male who had eaten watercress with Patient One, and also developed a febrile illness. Both patients had eosinophilia and liver lesions on imaging. Diagnosis was made by serology and treatment was with triclabendazole.
authors.affiliation: Associated Internal Medicine Medical Group, Inc., 350 30th Street, Ste. 320, Oakland, CA 94609, USA. scottweisenberg@gmail.com
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Weisenberg
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Perlada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002140:California; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077682:Triclabendazole
chemical_list: D001562:Benzimidazoles; D000077682:Triclabendazole