Four Human Cases of Acanthotrema felis (Digenea: Heterophyidae) Infection in Korea.
- Author:
Jong Yil CHAI
1
;
Jae Lip KIM
;
Min SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Acanthotrema felis;
human infection;
intestinal fluke;
heterophyid fluke
- MeSH:
Adult;
Animals;
Antiparasitic Agents/administration & dosage;
Feces/parasitology;
Feeding Behavior;
Humans;
Male;
Microscopy;
Middle Aged;
Praziquantel/administration & dosage;
Republic of Korea;
Trematoda/*isolation & purification;
Trematode Infections/*diagnosis/*parasitology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2014;52(3):291-294
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Acanthotrema felis is an intestinal trematode of cats originally reported from the Republic of Korea. Only 1 human case infected with a single adult worm has been previously recorded. In the present study, we report 4 human cases infected with a total of 10 worms recovered after anthelmintic treatment and purging. All 4 patients reside in coastal areas of Jeollanam-do, Korea, and have consumed brackish water fish including the gobies, Acanthogobius flavimanus. The worms averaged 0.47 mm in length and 0.27 mm in width, and had 3 sclerites on the ventrogenital sac; 1 was short and thumb-like, another was long and blunt-ended, and the 3rd was long and broad-tipped. They were identified as A. felis Sohn, Han, & Chai, 2003. Surveys on coastal areas to detect further human cases infected with A. felis are required.
