Trichinella infection and clinical disease.
QJM
; 89(8): 631-6, 1996 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8935484
ABSTRACT
Trichinellosis is caused by ingestion of insufficiently cooked meat contaminated with infective larvae of Trichinella species. The clinical course is highly variable, ranging from no apparent infection to severe and even fatal disease. We report two illustrative cases of trichinellosis. Returning to Denmark a few days after having eaten roasted pork in the Republic of Serbia, a female patient suffered from severe vomiting, epigastric pain, diarrhoea, and later myalgia, arthralgia, generalized oedema, and prostration. A biopsy showed heavy infestation with Trichinella spiralis, 2000 larvae/g of muscle. Life-threatening cardiopulmonary, renal and central nervous system complications developed. The patient recovered after several months. Her husband, who also ate the pork, did not have clinical symptoms, but an increased eosinophil count and a single larva in a muscle biopsy confirmed infection. The epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of trichinellosis are reviewed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Trichinellosis
/
Trichinella spiralis
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Muscle, Skeletal
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
QJM
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
1996
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Dinamarca