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Clinical Case ReportsAnisakiasis is a parasitic infection caused by ingestion of raw or undercooked seafood containing Anisakis larvae. Although gastric involvement is common, colonic anisakiasis is rare and may be asymptomatic, making diagnosis difficult without endoscopic ...
Masashi Omori +9 more
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Gastric anisakiasis suspected by point‐of‐care ultrasound finding in the emergency department
Acute Medicine & SurgeryBackground The diagnosis of gastric anisakiasis is typically confirmed by detecting larvae during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Therefore, it is important to raise clinical suspicion to prompt this procedure.
Yuya Kitai, Ryota Sato, Tetsuya Inoue
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Evaluation of imaging findings in gastrointestinal anisakiasis in emergency CT and ultrasound
Insights into Imaging, 2023 Background To assess the frequency of appearance of various signs (isolated and grouped) in emergency imaging tests in patients with anisakiasis, according to the location of gastrointestinal tract involvement.
Roberto Fornell-Perez +3 more
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Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses transmission dynamics: The case of anisakiasis
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2023 Anisakiasis is a fish-borne parasitic disease that poses threat to human health and food safety, affecting peoples’ livelihood and the economy of countries.
Joshua A. Mwasunda +3 more
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Gastric Anisakiasis Masquerading as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2023 Anisakiasis of the gastrointestinal tract is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood infected with Anisakis larvae. Penetration of Anisakis larvae into the gastrointestinal mucosa leads to severe epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting ...
Kevin Groudan +2 more
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A Case of Suspected Acute Esophageal Anisakiasis With Dysphagia [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research, 2023 Anisakiasis is a zoonotic parasitic infection associated with consumption of raw fish or uncooked seafood. We report a rare case of suspected esophageal anisakiasis-induced dysphagia.
Joonhee Han +3 more
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Anisakid nematodes as possible markers to trace fish products
Italian Journal of Food Safety, 2015 In this work a total of 949 fish samples were analysed for the identification of nematode larvae belonging to the Anisakidae family. Biomolecular application for the identification of Anisakidae larvae can be an optimal instrument for the traceability of
Vincenzo Ferrantelli +7 more
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Intestinal Anisakiasis Treated Successfully with Prednisolone and Olopatadine Hydrochloride
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2016 The clinical characteristic of gastrointestinal anisakiasis is severe abdominal pain after eating raw fish. Intestinal anisakiasis is more uncommon than gastric anisakiasis.
Hideki Toyoda, Kyosuke Tanaka
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2023 Background Gastric anisakiasis typically causes severe abdominal symptoms; however, we incidentally detected asymptomatic gastric anisakiasis cases during esophagogastroduodenoscopy. The factors associated with developing acute abdominal symptoms induced
Yutaka Okagawa +16 more
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Anisakiasis Annual Incidence and Causative Species, Japan, 2018–2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Using data from 2018–2019 health insurance claims, we estimated the average annual incidence of anisakiasis in Japan to be 19,737 cases. Molecular identification of larvae revealed that most (88.4%) patients were infected with the species Anisakis ...
Hiromu Sugiyama +4 more
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