The Brief Case: What a Fluke! A Case of Fascioliasis with Pulmonary Involvement in a Peace Corps Volunteer

J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Sep 22;58(10):e00177-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00177-20. Print 2020 Sep 22.

Authors

Natalia E Castillo Almeida¹, Pooja Gurram¹, Nikhil Kolluri², Bobbi Pritt^{1

3}, Mark Enzler¹, Gina A Suh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
² Division of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
³ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA suh.gina@mayo.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: eosinophilia; fascioliasis; immunoblot; triclabendazole.

Publication types

Case Reports
Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthelmintics* / therapeutic use
Fasciola hepatica*
Fascioliasis* / diagnosis
Fascioliasis* / drug therapy
Humans
Peace Corps*
Trematoda
United States
Volunteers

Substances

Anthelmintics