Hookworm with hypereosinophilia: atypical presentation of a typical disease.

Autor: Verboeket SO; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., van den Berk GE, Arends JE, van Dam AP, Peringa J, Jansen RR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of travel medicine [J Travel Med] 2013 Jul-Aug; Vol. 20 (4), pp. 265-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 May 27.
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12042
Abstrakt: We describe a 55-year-old man returning from the Philippines infected with a hookworm, the novel bacterium Laribacter hongkongensis, and a Blastocystis hominis and presenting with both gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms. The high eosinophilia caused by the hookworm infection resulted in both gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, resembling a hypereosinophilic syndrome.
(© 2013 International Society of Travel Medicine.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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