SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI INFECTION IN TWO PUERTO RICAN PRISONERS

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Case Reports1 December 1958SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI INFECTION IN TWO PUERTO RICAN PRISONERSLEONARD BRESLAW, M.D.LEONARD BRESLAW, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-6-1427 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEvery male native-born Puerto Rican incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (population, 1,200), during the two years 1954-1956, has been examined in an attempt at better evaluation of the incidence of Schistosoma mansoni. Sixteen men were found to have spent the major part of their childhood and adolescence on the island. Two still harbored the parasite. Not included in this report is a third case, that of a 30 year old Spanish-born (Basque-Gurpuzcoa) male who may have acquired the infection in Venezuela during the years 1948 to 1952.CASE REPORTSCase 1. A 25 year old male,...Bibliography1. LyonsBenson RTJ: Schistosoma mansoni. A study of 26 Puerto Ricans in a non-endemic area, Ann. Int. Med. 40: 1194, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar2. PalmerRickettsMaimon WLWESN: Progress in internal medicine;—gastroenterology—a review of literature from July, 1944, to June, 1945, Arch. Int. Med. 78: 323, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Suarez RM: Personal communication. Google Scholar4. Spellberg MA: Diseases of the liver, 1954, Grune and Stratton, Inc., New York, pp. 240-245. Google Scholar5. CraigFaust CFEC: Clinical parasitology, 5th Ed., Chapter 30, 1951, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, pp. 478-486. Google Scholar6. LattyHunterMoonSullivanBurkeSproat SGGWAPBHJCHF: Studies on schistosomiasis, Gastroenterology 27: 324, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. KhalilEl Din MMS: Microscopic diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis, Tr. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 23: 519, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. OttolinaAtencio CMH: New methods for the exact diagnosis of schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni , Rev. Policlín. Caracas 12: 348, 1943. Google Scholar9. DeGouveiaBeamer OFWD: The importance of microscopic granulomas (pseudotubercles) in the diagnosis of Manson's schistosomiasis, Gastroenterology 28: 634, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. BercovitzRodriguez-MolinaHargraveDickieGreen ZTRDWJDCE: Studies on human Schistosoma mansoni infections. Proctoscopic picture in asymptomatic Schistosoma mansoni infections, J. A. M. A. 125: 961, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Koppisch E: Studies on Schistosomiasis mansoni in Puerto Rico; morbid anatomy of disease as found in Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico J. Pub. Health and Trop. Med. 16: 395, 1941. Google Scholar12. FilizzolaFilho AB: Rectal biopsy in Schistosoma mansoni , Rev. brasil. de Gastroenterologia 5: 425, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. Ramsay GW: Study on schistosomiasis and certain other helminth infections in northern Nigeria, West African M. J. 8: 2, 1934. Google Scholar14. DeschampsRedmondDeLeeuw SHJLH: Hepatic granulomas in schistosomiasis, Gastroenterology 28: 990, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Lichtman SS: Diseases of the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts, 3d Ed., Chapter 9, 1953, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, pp. 622, 801. Google Scholar16. RodriguezGarcia-PalmieriRiveraRodriguez-Molina HFMRJVR: A comparative study of portal and bilharzial cirrhosis, Gastroenterology 29: 235, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. Dimmette RM: Liver biopsy in clinical schistosomiasis, Gastroenterology 29: 219, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18. McMullen DB: Personal communication. Google Scholar19. Diaz Rivera RS: Personal communication. Google Scholar20. Jung RC: Personal communication. Google Scholar21. Lemon FR: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication November 21, 1956.From the Department of Medicine, U. S. Public Health Service, U. S. Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Leonard Breslaw, M.D., 130 North La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles 48, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byChronic helminthic infection among Puerto Ricans residing in the continental U.S.A Clinical, Parasitologic, and Immunologic Study of Schistosomiasis in 103 Puerto Rican Males Residing in the United StatesIRVING G. KAGAN, PH.D., DONALD W. RAIRIGH, M.D., ROBERT L. KAISER, M.D. 1 December 1958Volume 49, Issue 6Page: 1427-1445KeywordsEosinophiliaGastroenterology and hepatologyHispanic peopleHyperglobulinemiaMedical servicesMucous membranesParasitologyResearch laboratoriesSchistosomiasisUlcerative colitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...