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Successful Management of Biliary Ascariasis in a High-Endemic Zone and Low-Resource Setting in Ethiopia

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2022
Ascariasis lumbricoides is a roundworm that causes one of the most common soil-transmitted helminth infections worldwide. Ascariasis is typically found in the jejunum and transmitted through the intake of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs through food and water.
Yonathan Aliye Asfaw, Girum Tesfaye Asrat, Tesfanew Bekele Uddo, Bethlehem Aliye Asfaw, Ayush Anand, Helen Huang, Eden Demessie Firew, NagaSpurthy Reddy Anugu   +7 more
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Biliary ascariasis – A vicious cycle [PDF]

Malaysian Family Physician, 2021
Biliary ascariasis is a rare disease in a non-endemic area. However, it is one of the possible etiological factors for retarded growth as well as malnutrition in children.
Nurfariza Che Husin, Ikhwan Sani Mohamad, Ho Kah Yee, Soh Jien Yen, Syed Hassan Syed Aziz, Zaidi Zakaria   +5 more
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Human ascariasis: diagnostics update [PDF]

Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 2015
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over one billion people worldwide. Ascariasis may mimic a number of conditions, and individual clinical diagnosis often requires a thorough work-up.
Jourdan, Peter M., Lamberton, Poppy H.L.
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Ascariasis, a review

Medical Ultrasonography, 2021
Ascariasis no longer widespread within Europe and so experience in diagnosis and treatment is limited for many specialists. On the other hand, clinicians face increasing numbers of migrants from high prevalence countries and are therefore, challenged to update in this field of infectious diseases.
Christoph F. Dietrich, Malay Sharma, Markus Schindler-Piontek, Xin-Wu Cui, Sirine Dehmani, Yi Dong, Nitin Chaubal   +6 more
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Successful Elimination of Gallbladder Ascariasis by Conservative Therapy, Followed by Cholecystectomy due to Developing Cholecystitis

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2018
Background. Ascaris lumbricoides is the most common parasitic infection in human. The worm is usually located in the small intestine, but may invade into the pancreatic or biliary tree, but rarely into gallbladder because of the anatomic features of the ...
Ahmad Alhamid, Ziad Aljarad, Ahmad Ghazal, Ahmad Mouakeh, Ahmad Sankari Tarabishi, Majed Joudeh, Mohammad Mohammad, Aos Alhamid, Jawhar Aljarad, Maen Mousa   +9 more
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Abdominal complications of ascariasis in childhood [PDF]

Jornal de Pediatria
Objective: Complications of ascariasis are a significant cause of abdominal pain in pediatric emergencies, especially where it is endemic. A literature review was conducted with the aim of improving diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for these ...
Ivonete Siviero, Ugo V.B. de Almeida, Claudia R.R. Penna, Elazir B.M. Di Puglia, Betina C. Bertrand Simões   +4 more
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Hepatobiliary Ascariasis in a Piglet. [PDF]

Acta Parasitol
Abstract Purpose Ascariasis caused by the helminth Ascaris suum is the most common parasitosis of swine worldwide and it may involve all age categories of pigs. The present study reports an unusual localization of A.suum worms in the biliary system of a piglet slaughtered for human consumption.
Tamponi C, Cavallo L, Dessì G, Sardu F, Carta C, Corda A, Burrai GP, Varcasia A, Scala A.   +8 more
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Presentation of Ascariasis as a Cause of Acute Intestinal Obstruction. [PDF]

Cureus
Ascariasis infection is prevalent in tropical and subtropical locations worldwide. The occurrence of ascariasis is associated with poverty, inadequate hygiene, and inadequate fecal sanitation.
Saini V, Cherukuri AMK, Bheemavarapu B, Pendurthi G, Khamar A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

THE SURGICAL ASPECTS OF ASCARIASIS

Annals of Surgery, 1931
Earle I. Greene, Major J. Greene
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In silico design of a polypeptide as a vaccine candidate against ascariasis

Scientific Reports, 2023
Ascariasis is the most prevalent zoonotic helminthic disease worldwide, and is responsible for nutritional deficiencies, particularly hindering the physical and neurological development of children. The appearance of anthelmintic resistance in Ascaris is
F. M. D. Evangelista, A. H. V. van Vliet, S. Lawton, M. Betson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source