Paragonimus


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Paragonimus

 [par″ah-gon´ĭ-mus]
a genus of trematode parasites, having two invertebrate hosts, the first a snail, the second a crab or crayfish. P. westerma´ni is the lung fluke, seen particularly in Asia, found in cysts in the lungs and sometimes the pleura, liver, abdominal cavity, and elsewhere in humans and other animals who have ingested contaminated fresh water crayfish or crabs.

Paragonimus

(par'ă-gon'i-mŭs),
A genus of lung flukes, parasitic in humans and a wide variety of mammals that feed on crustacea carrying the metacercariae.
[para- + G. gonimos, with generative power]

Paragonimus

(păr″ă-gŏn′ĭ-mŭs)
A genus of trematode worms.
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PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI (×4)
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PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI (×4)

Paragonimus westermani

The lung fluke, a common parasite of certain mammals including humans, dogs, cats, pigs, and minks. Human infestation occurs through eating partially cooked crabs or crayfish, the second intermediate host. This infestation is endemic in certain parts of Asia. See: illustration
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A rather rare finding in pulmonary imaging, the cavity formation may result from bacterial infections such as microaerophilic streptococci, viridans streptococci, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, Acinetobacter species, Escherichia coli, Legionella species, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Nocardia asteroides, mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria and Mycobacterium avium complex, fungi such as Cryptococcus neoformans, Coccidioides, Aspergillus and mucormycosis, parasites such as Paragonimus westermani and Echinococcus genus, and viral infections such as papilloma virus [1,2].
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More recently elevated serum IgG4 levels were reported in two cases of pulmonary Paragonimus westermani infection [9].
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Similarly, among trematodes prevalence of Fasciola was found highest (2.09%) and Paragonimus was found to be the lowest (0.45%).
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