Presumptive Gnathostoma binucleatum-infection in a Belgian traveler returning from South America

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016 Mar-Apr;14(2):170-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.02.003. Epub 2016 Mar 4.

Authors

Caroline Theunissen¹, Emmanuel Bottieau², Alfons Van Gompel², Vasiliki Siozopoulou³, Richard Stewart Bradbury⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: ctheunissen@itg.be.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ Department of Pathology, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ School of Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 26960751
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.02.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Belgium
Gnathostoma / cytology*
Gnathostoma / isolation & purification
Gnathostomiasis / parasitology
Gnathostomiasis / surgery*
Humans
Male
South America
Treatment Outcome