Disseminated Metacestode Versteria Species Infection in Woman, Pennsylvania, USA1

Authors :: Shetal N. Shah
Gary W. Procop
Jahangheer Shaik
Bethany Lehman
Theodore E. Nash
Stephanie Braunthal
Elise M. O’Connell
Stephen E. Jones
Sanjay Mukhopadhyay
Michael Cruise
Jona Banzon
Sixto M. Leal
Thomas B. Nutman
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019.
Abstract: A patient in Pennsylvania, USA, with common variable immunodeficiency sought care for fever, cough, and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed lesions involving multiple organs. Liver resection demonstrated necrotizing granulomas, recognizable tegument, and calcareous corpuscles indicative of an invasive cestode infection. Sequencing revealed 98% identity to a Versteria species of cestode found in mink.

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