BACKGROUNDParagonimiasis is a typical food-borne zoonotic disease. Hosts acquire Paragonimusinfection through the ingestion of raw or undercooked crayfish and crab.The clinical manifestations of the disease are varied...
BACKGROUND The most common site of paragonimiasis is in the lungs.The migratory route passes through the duodenal wall,peritoneum,and diaphragm to the lungs;thus,the thoracic cavity and central nervous system,as well ...
BACKGROUND Paragonimiasis is a parasitic disease that has multiple symptoms,with pulmonary types being common.According to our clinical practices,the pleural effusion of our patients is full of fibrous contents.Draina...
BACKGROUND Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus. Although the most common site of infection is the pleuropulmonary area, the parasite can also reach other p...
To the Editor: In recent Chinese Medical Journal, Sheng et al. reported a case with diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, which was believed to be attributed to the infection of liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis. However ...
As mentioned in our previous admitted to our hospilal with article, a 23-month-old girl was a 1-month history of progressive cough and a 3-week history of wheezing. Both her chest X-ray and computed tomography showed ...
This study is supported by the International Development Research Centre(IDRC),Canada(grant no.105509–00001002-024);Public Health Research Center,Jiangnan University(grant no.BM2015024);Outstanding Youth Fund,Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases;Jiangsu Provincial Project of Invigorating Health Care through Science,Technology and Education;and in part by a grant from the National Nature Science Foundation(grant no.81573261);the Health Promotion Project,Outstanding Person Fund,Jiangsu Provincial Department of Health(2011).
Background:Paragonimiasis,caused by helminths of the genus Paragonimus spp.,is a neglected tropical disease.Human suffering from paragonimiasis is often misunderstood and its quantification by the disability weight of...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30772124);Sichuan Provincial Health and Family Commission of Science and Research Fund(Grant No.16ZD010).
Background:In paragonimiasis,the lungs and pleural cavity are the major target organs,and the central nervous system can also be affected.The liver is an organ in which ectopic paragonimiasis rarely occurs.Because the...
Supported by Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China, No. 2011FZ0016;National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81101060, No. 30870715 and No.81071163
AIM: To investigate the features of hepatic paragonimiasis on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imag- ing. METHODS: Fifteen patients with hepatic paragonimiasis who were admitted to our hospital between March 2008 a...
HEPATIC paragonimiasis is a rare disease with non-specific manifestation, which is often misdiagnosed in clinical practice. Long-time drug therapy treating this disease would be accompanied by the possible development...