Disseminated toxocariasis in an immunocompetent host
10.12980/APJTB.4.2014APJTB-2014-0012
- Author:
Madan Raj ARYAL
1
;
Paras KARMACHARYA
1
;
Ranjan PATHAK
1
;
Richard ALWEIS
1
;
Amrit POKHAREL
2
;
Smith GIRI
3
Author Information
1. Department of Medicine, Reading Health System
2. Department of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
3. Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Albendazole;
Mebendazole;
Toxocara canis;
Toxocariasis
- From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
2014;4(10):838-840
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Toxocariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Toxocara canis, or less commonly, Toxocara cati, which is one of the most common zoonotic infections worldwide. It commonly affects the pediatric and immunocompromised population; however, it has rarely been reported in the immunocompetent adults. Two of the well-recognized syndromes in children are visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans. Infection in adults usually ranges from asymptomatic to nonspecific symptoms which makes the diagnosis challenging. A case of 36 year-old male was presented with disseminated toxocariasis with pulmonary and hepatic involvement and striking peripheral eosinophilia.
