Two cases of imported gnathostomiasis in Spanish women

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,...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2002-08, Vol.21 (8), p.617-620
Main Authors: PUENTE, S, GARATE, T, GROBUSCH, M. P, JANITSCHKE, K, BRU, F, RODRIGUEZ, M, GONZALEZ-LAHOZ, J. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Albendazole - therapeutic use
Animals
Antibodies, Helminth - isolation & purification
Antinematodal Agents - therapeutic use
Asia, Southeastern
Biological and medical sciences
Emigration and Immigration
Female
Food Microbiology
Gnathostoma - isolation & purification
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Malaria
Mebendazole - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Mexico
Middle Aged
Parasitic diseases
Protozoal diseases
Public health
Spain
Spirurida Infections - diagnosis
Spirurida Infections - drug therapy
Spirurida Infections - etiology
Spirurida Infections - microbiology
Travel
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/s10096-002-0785-2