title: Human Pulmonary Infection by the Zoonotic Metastrongylus salmi Nematode. The First Reported Case in the Americas.
abstract: Pulmonary metastrongylosis, a zoonotic disease found primarily in pigs, is caused by eight different species of the cosmopolitan nematode Metastrongylus genus. To date, only four human cases have been reported, all from Europe. Herein, a severe case of pulmonary infection caused by Metastrongylus salmi in an Ecuadorian man, with successful treatment with ivermectin, is described.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biomedicina, Carrera de Medicina, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador. manuelcalvopina@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calvopina
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Terapia Intensiva, Hospital Oncológico Sociedad de Lucha Contra el Cáncer (SOLCA), Quito, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caballero
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korenaga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004484:Ecuador; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013183:Sputum / Q000469:parasitology; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D007559:Ivermectin