Toxocariasis in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
| Autor: | Alessandra Ludovisi, Filippo Pieroni, Francesco Massei, Gabriella Casazza, Laura Luti, Fabrizio Bruschi, Maria Vittoria Micheletti, Emanuela De Marco |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030231 tropical medicine lcsh:Medicine autism Case Report Anorexia toxocariasis Albendazole 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Prednisone medicine Eosinophilia 0303 health sciences severe eosinophilia 030306 microbiology business.industry lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Toxocara canis medicine.disease Autism spectrum disorder Toxocariasis Autism medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 283, p 283 (2021) |
| Popis: | A boy affected by autism spectrum disorder was admitted for persistent high fever, without shiver, for two weeks. The boy referred to abdominal pain, in the first week of fever, and to mild anorexia in the last days before admittance to our hospital centre. The father reported that the boy suffered by geophagia and coprophagia and he has been going to a didactical farm (where he has been exposed to several kinds of animals) to improve his neuropsychiatric condition. Blood analysis shows severe eosinophilia and high levels of total IgE, and abdominal echocardiography showed hepatic lesions. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot (WB) confirmed the suspicion of toxocariasis, linked to the habit of the boy to ingest ground or animal faeces in a didactic farm frequented by the boy. Treatment with albendazole and prednisone was administered with a rapid improvement of the symptoms and the laboratory findings and significant reduction of the hepatic lesion. |
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