title: Gnathostomiasis in Brazil: an emerging disease with a challenging diagnosis.
abstract: This case report describes the second reported case of gnathostomiasis acquired in Brazil. The French traveller returned from a sport fishing trip from Tocantins where he was repeatedly consuming raw freshwater fish marinated with lemon juice. Gnathostoma infection was diagnosed based on clinical symptoms, dietary record and by detection of specific antibodies in the blood.
authors: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Departement, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France julian.cornaglia@ch-perpignan.fr.
authors: Julian
authors: J
authors: Cornaglia
authors: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Departement, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France.
authors: Maxime
authors: M
authors: Jean
authors: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Departement, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France.
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Bertrand
authors: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Departement, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France.
authors: Hugues
authors: H
authors: Aumaître
authors: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Departement, Perpignan Hospital Center, Perpignan, France.
authors: Melisande
authors: M
authors: Roy
authors: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.|University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors: Beatrice
authors: B
authors: Nickel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001938:Brazil; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058429:Gnathostomiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D007559:Ivermectin; D015766:Albendazole
keywords: Gnathostoma binucleatum; Gnathostoma spinigerum; Human gnathostomiasis; cutaneous larva migrans; serodiagnosis