First case of peritonitis and acute pancreatitis related to Toxocara infection in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy

J Paediatr Child Health. 2022 Jan;58(1):184-185. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15438. Epub 2021 Mar 8.

Authors

Dimitra Dimopoulou¹, Melpomeni Giorgi¹, Anastasia Dimopoulou², Eleftherios Agniadis¹, Nikolaos Zavras², Smaragdi Fessatou¹, Achilleas Attilakos¹, Vassiliki Papaevangelou¹

Affiliations

¹ Third Department of Pediatrics, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Pediatric Surgery, Attikon University General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 33686718
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15438

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Animals
Child, Preschool
Humans
Male
Pancreatitis* / diagnosis
Pancreatitis* / etiology
Peritonitis* / diagnosis
Peritonitis* / etiology
Toxocara