Trichostrongylus infestation with profound eosinophilia.

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Case Reports1 July 1956TRICHOSTRONGYLUS INFESTATION WITH PROFOUND EOSINOPHILIALEON WALLACE, M.D., RAYMOND HENKIN, M.D., ALLEN W. MATHIES, B.A.LEON WALLACE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RAYMOND HENKIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALLEN W. MATHIES, B.A.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-1-146 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONAlthough trichostrongyliasis of humans is commonly found in such areas as Turkey, Iran, India, Japan, Korea and China, very few cases have been reported in the United States.1-5 Although there are various species of this parasite which infest animals Trichostrongylus orientalis is the species found in man in areas of heavy human infestation.The condition is so rare in this country that such common standard texts on gastroenterology as Bockus and Portis contain no mention of it.Trichostrongyliasis is a nematode infection which is probably acquired by ingestion of the filariform larvae. The adult form inhabits the upper small...Bibliography1. SchenkenMoss JREC: Trichostrongylus colubrifornis in human appendix: report of case in Louisiana, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 24: 15, 1938. Google Scholar2. TsuchiyaReller HH: A case of trichostrongylus infection with notes on the identification of ova, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 30: 262, 1945. Google Scholar3. O'NealMagath RTB: Trichostrongylus infection in human beings: report of three cases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 22: 193, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. EvanderDoyle LCWM: Trichostrongylus infection in human beings: need for differentiation from hookworm, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 33: 869, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. SpiroShropshireFugelso HMCNES: Pseudo-hookworm: trichostrongylus infestation in man, Am. J. Digest. Dis. 21: 83, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 18, 1955.From the Medical Department, Fort McClellan Army Hospital, Alabama.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Leon Wallace, M.D., 6423 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles-48, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Community of Nematodes Inhabiting the Human GutClinical and haematological characteristics of human trichostrongyliasisPrevalence and clinical aspects of human Trichostrongylus colubriformis infection in Lao PDROther Tissue Nematode InfectionsAbdominal pain and eosinophilia in suburban goat keepers — trichostrongylosisBlood eosinophilia in adult bantams naturally infected with Trichostrongylus tenuisHaematology, weight and condition of captive red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) infected with caecal threadworm (Trichostrongylus tenuis)Oxyuris, Trichostrongylus and Trichuris 1 July 1956Volume 45, Issue 1Page: 146-150KeywordsDiarrheaEosinophiliaIngestion ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...