ABSTRACT
Resumen La trichostrongylosis es una zoonosis de rara ocurrencia causada por nematodos intestinales, favorecida por el consumo de vegetales crudos o agua contaminada con larvas infectantes de Trichostrongylus spp. En 2015, se registró un brote familiar transmitido por alimentos en una zona rural de Valdivia, afectando a una mujer de 51 años de edad y su pareja e hija de 56 y 12 años; respectivamente. Solo la mujer adulta, el caso índice, presentó síntomas como diarrea, dolor abdominal, astenia y náuseas. Los pacientes eliminaron huevos de Trichostrongylidae gen. sp. en sus deposiciones, identificándose en dos de ellos, adultos de Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Tuvieron una buena respuesta a albendazol. En Chile, se han registrado prevalencias de infección de 0,1 a 3,5%, incluyendo un total de 93 casos diagnosticados entre las provincias de Concepción y Llanquihue.
Abstract Trichostrongylosis is a rare occurrence zoonosis caused by intestinal nematodes, favored by the consumption of raw vegetables or water contaminated with infective larvae of Trichostrongylus spp. In 2015, a family outbreak of foodborne disease was registered in a rural zone of Valdivia, affecting to 51-year-old woman and her 56-year-old partner and her 12-year-old daughter. Only the adult woman, the index case, presented symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, asthenia, and nausea. The patients revealed Trichostrongylidae gen. sp. eggs in their stools, identifying Trichostrongylus colubriformis adults in two of them. They had a good response to treatment with albendazol. In Chile, 0.1 to 3.5% prevalence of infection has been reported, including a total of 93 cases recorded between the provinces of Concepción and Llanquihue.
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Humans , Animals , Female , Child , Middle Aged , Trichostrongylosis/diagnosis , Trichostrongylosis/drug therapy , Trichostrongylus , Trichostrongylosis/epidemiology , Zoonoses , Albendazole/therapeutic use , Disease Outbreaks , Feces/parasitology , Foodborne DiseasesABSTRACT
We describe the presence of anisakiasis in a patient who had a small hiatal hernia. A 60 year-old women presented general malaise, burning pain, flatulence, persistent nausea and abdominal distension during five days before consulting. She referred that she ate a dish of marinated raw fish with lemon and pepper ("cebiche") and after a few hours the symptoms began. An esophagogastroscopy showed a white colour larva of approximately three cm with the cephalic end partially adhered and localized in the mucosa of the hiatal hernia. During the procedure the worm was easily extracted. The morphologic study of the specimen identified it as a stage IV larva of Pseudoterranova sp. The clinical condition of the patient improved after the extraction of the parasite.