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A case of cerebral paragonimiasis misdiagnosed as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Neuropathology, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 323-328, August 2022., 2022
Paragonimiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Paragonimus westermani infection, and migration to the brain results in cerebral paragonimiasis. Cerebral paragonimiasis is now extremely rare, but a few cases are still reported. A 48‐year‐old Japanese woman presented with right‐hand convulsion, right‐hand numbness, sputum, and fatigue.
Shun Yamamuro, Sumie Ohoni, Koki Kamiya, Gen Imamura, Suguru Harano, Junichi Tahara, Hideki Ooshima, Toshinori Oinuma, Hitomi Haraoka, Hideki Nakamura, Atsuo Yoshino   +10 more
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Systems biology studies of adult Paragonimus lung flukes facilitate the identification of immunodominant parasite antigens [PDF]

, 2014
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne trematode infection acquired by eating raw or undercooked crustaceans. It is a major public health problem in the far East, but it also occurs in South Asia, Africa, and in the Americas. Paragonimus worms cause chronic lung
Curtis, Kurt C, Fischer, Peter U, McNulty, Samantha N, Mitreva, Makedonka, Townsend, R Reid, Weil, Gary J   +5 more
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Accurate and rapid detection of Fasciola hepatica copro‐DNA in sheep using loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 1316-1324, July 2021., 2021
The liver flukes F. hepatica and F. gigantica are agents for fasciolosis that is a zoonotic parasitic disease. Bennett and Ijpelaar (Journal of Agriculture Economy, 2005, 56, 135) estimated that F. hepatica causes annual economic loss by£40.4 million in the UK cattle industry.
Siamak Amiri, Bahar Shemshadi, Saloomeh Shirali, Farnaz Kheirandish, Shirzad Fallahi   +4 more
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Ehlers–Danlos syndrome presenting as cystic lung disease with recurrent pneumothorax: a case report

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2021., 2021
We report a case of vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) diagnosed in a patient as cystic lung disease with recurrent pneumothorax. This case highlights the importance of detailed history‐taking, physical examination, and clinical suspicion of vascular EDS when encountering recurrent pneumothorax cases refractory to conventional therapy. Abstract A 19‐
Min Jee Kim, Jooae Choe, Beom Hee Lee, Jin Woo Song   +3 more
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One delayed diagnosis of paragonimiasis case and literature review

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2021., 2021
Human paragonimiasis has been appearing all over the world due to increased human migration, international travel, and worldwide food trading. However, delayed and missed diagnosis rates are also increasing due to atypical clinical manifestations and the lack of disease understanding by clinical workers.
Luxia Kong, Lijuan Hua, Qian Liu, Chen Bao, Jiannan Hu, Shuyun Xu   +5 more
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Angiostrongyliasis detected by next-generation sequencing in a ELISA-negative eosinophilic meningitis: A case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is an emerging method with the potential of pan-pathogen screening. This study described a case of eosinophilic meningitis (EoM) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-negative results for Angiostrongylus ...
Yueli Zou, Hongzhi Guan, Honglong Wu, Hui Bu, Litian Yan, Yifei Zhu, Junying He   +6 more
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Report of results of pleural biopsy (Needle biopsy and open biopsy) in 108 cases and 245 biopsies [PDF]

, 1960
1. The results of 245 pleural biopsies perfomed in 108 patients including 219 pleural needle biopsies and 26 pleural open biopsies were reported. The method of pleural biopsy seems to be superior to any other currently available diagnostic procedures for
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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Paragonimus Species Isolated from Freshwater Crabs in Southern Yunnan, China

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Paragonimus species are highly prevalent in various regions of China. The study’s objective is to isolate and identify Paragonimus from natural habitats and compare the phylogenetic diversity of Paragonimus in southern Yunnan province, China. Metacercariae of Paragonimus was isolated from crabs, and morphologic identification was performed by ...
Qiu-Hong Shu, Yang Yang, Miao-Miao Wang, Shu-De Li, Ming Tian, Wen-Wei Bai, Yong Meng, Shu-Mei-Qi He, Wen-Lin Wang, Maoshui Wang   +9 more
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First intermediate hosts of Paragonimus spp. in Vietnam and identification of intramolluscan stages of different Paragonimus species

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Members of the genus Paragonimus require at least three hosts in their life-cycles. The obligatory first intermediate hosts are freshwater snails.
Pham Ngoc Doanh, Luu Anh Tu, Hoang Van Hien, Nguyen Van Duc, Yoichiro Horii, David Blair, Yukifumi Nawa   +6 more
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Comparative proteomics of adult Paragonimus kellicotti excretion/secretion products released in vitro or present in the lung cyst nodule [PDF]

, 2022
Paragonimus kellicotti is a zoonotic lung fluke infection, the agent of North American paragonimiasis, and an excellent model for other Paragonimus infections.
Curtis, Kurt C, Di Maggio, Lucia S, Erdmann-Gilmore, Petra, Fischer, Peter U, Sprung, Robert S. W., Townsend, R. Reid, Weil, Gary J   +6 more
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