Fascioliasis imported to Norway

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(6-7):534-7. doi: 10.1080/00365540510034518.

Abstract

We report 3 cases of fascioliasis imported to Norway: a 24-y-old male Vietnamese immigrant and a 51-y-old female Vietnamese immigrant with acute fascioliasis, and a 2-y-old male Ethiopian adoptee with chronic fascioliasis. Diagnosis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies to Fasciola hepatica in the 2 first cases and by demonstration of Fasciola hepatica eggs in stool samples in the latter case. Treatment with oral triclabendazole led to prompt cure in all 3 patients. Imported fascioliasis is rarely reported but should be suspected in patients with a travel history to endemic areas, abdominal symptoms and hypereosinophilia of the blood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Benzimidazoles / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Ethiopia
  • Fascioliasis / diagnosis*
  • Fascioliasis / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Norway / epidemiology
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Triclabendazole
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Triclabendazole
  • Praziquantel