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[A cluster of paragonimiasis westermani infections in Thai immigrants]
Yusuke Takagi1, Tetsuya Kashiyama, Kentaro Sakashita
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital.
Abstract:
We report a cluster of infections in four female Thai immigrants aged between 35 and 49 years who developed paragonimiasis westermani within 16 months of ingesting freshwater crabs purchased from a market in Japan. Their symptoms included cough, bloody sputum, chest pain, and dyspnea. Radiographic and CT findings comprised pleural effusion, pneumothorax, air-space consolidation, and nodular opacities. Paragonimus eggs were identified in the feces of one patient, and in the pleural effusion and the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of another. All diagnoses of paragonimiasis westermani were established by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of their serum. Paragonimiasis is a re-emerging disease in Japan. Moreover, since the number of immigrant patients is increasing, it is necessary to pay attention to infectious diseases resulting from their eating habits as well as imported diseases.
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