In a word, although it is ambiguous what immunological diagnosis (for clonorchiasis or sparganosis mansoni) was finally used by Sheng et al ., we still think this case was more probably attributed to paragonimiasis.
Human sparganosis, a neglected food borne zoonosis.
Sparganosis has been reported in 39 countries in the world, and it mainly occurs in east and southeast Asia and has also been reported in Europe, America, Africa, and Australia [4].
He was finally diagnosed with pulmonary
sparganosis with pleural effusion.
decipiens) have been found to be responsible for human
sparganosis in Japan (21).
Additional laboratory studies may be most useful in diagnosing difficult cases, including degenerating cysts, and in differentiating cysticercosis from other parasitic infections such as
sparganosis. (3,12,14,15) Cerebrospinal fluid containing eosinophils may be indicative of a central nervous system parasitic infection but is not specific for neurocysticercosis.
Sparganosis is a parasitic zoonosis endemic in Asia, Europe, and North America.
For example, the uncommon infection
sparganosis is given the same coverage as cysticercosis and echinococcosis, and more space is devoted to infection with Angiostrongylus than to strongyloidiasis.
Sparganosis refers to tissue infection with the pleurocercoid larvae of the genera Diphyllobothrium (from the Greek di ["two"] + phyllon ["leaf"] + bothrion ["pit"]) or Spirometra (from the Greek speira ["coil"] + metra ["uterus"]).
His research interests include parasite biology, phylogeny, and molecular diagnosis of parasitic helminths, mainly diphyllobothriosis and
sparganosis.
To the Editor:
Sparganosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by invasion of the spargana, the plerocercoid larvae of various diphyllobothroid tapeworms belonging to the genus Spirometra (1).
To the Editor:
Sparganosis is a worldwide parasitic zoonosis caused by infection with spargana, the plerocercoid larvae of various diphyllobothroid tapeworms belonging to the genus Spirometra (1-3).
