Eustrongylidiasis - a parasitic infection acquired by eating sushi

Article Abstract:

The ingestion of raw fish has been found to be associated with a variety of diseases. In this case report, a 24-year-old man reported severe abdominal pain. Diagnosis of appendicitis was made and surgery was performed. As the surgeon was closing the patient's abdomen, a red worm approximately 4.2 cm long was noticed. Analysis indicated that the worm was a species of nematode, eustrongylides, a parasite of fish-eating birds. The patient admitted to eating sushi and sashimi at least once a month. Only a few other cases of eustrongylidiasis have been reported and the disease is considered relatively rare. Although the cooking of fish can destroy other known parasites, the effect of temperature on this nematode is unknown.

Diagnosis, Fish as food, Fish (Food product), Identification and classification, Contamination, Sushi, Worms, Intestinal and parasitic, Helminths, Parasitic diseases, column

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A Cluster of Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis Cases Traced to a Single Asymptomatic Donor

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People who develop fever, anemia and kidney failure after a blood transfusion may have babesiosis. This infection is caused by a protozoan called Babesis microti, which is transmitted by tick bites. Researchers report six people who were exposed to Babesis microti when they received blood components from a single blood donation by an infected person. Three tested positive for the protozoan and developed babesiosis. All were successfully treated. This infection could be very serious in the elderly and people with suppressed immune systems.

Health aspects, Disease transmission, Blood transfusion, Babesiosis

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Fatal myositis due to the microsporidian Brachiola algerae, a mosquito pathogen

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HIV infected patients show microsporadia caused by chronic diarrheal syndromes. A case report of a 57-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes receiving infliximab identified the mosquito pathogen Brachiola algerae as the cause of fatal myositis.

Science & research, Research, Case studies, Causes of, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Rheumatoid arthritis, Dosage and administration, AIDS (Disease), Myositis, AIDS research, Infliximab

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