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Two cases of imported gnathostomiasis in Spanish women.
- Source :
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European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology [Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis] 2002 Aug; Vol. 21 (8), pp. 617-20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2002 Aug 10. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Reported here are two new cases of imported cutaneous gnathostomiasis that occurred in two Spanish women. The first patient acquired the helminth infection while travelling in Southeast Asia and the second in Mexico. Although the highest prevalence of gnathostomiasis infection is in Southeast Asia, the disease is now an emerging public health problem in some countries of Latin America. The cases reported here demonstrate the increasing frequency with which human gnathostomiasis is being diagnosed in nonendemic countries as a result of more extensive international travel and migration.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Albendazole therapeutic use
Animals
Antibodies, Helminth isolation & purification
Antinematodal Agents therapeutic use
Asia, Southeastern
Emigration and Immigration
Female
Food Microbiology
Humans
Mebendazole therapeutic use
Mexico
Middle Aged
Spain
Spirurida Infections diagnosis
Spirurida Infections drug therapy
Spirurida Infections microbiology
Gnathostoma isolation & purification
Spirurida Infections etiology
Travel
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0934-9723
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12226695
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-002-0785-2