A Case of Trichinellosis with Spontaneous Remission

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  • NAKAMURA Tetsuya
    Division of Infectious Diseases & Applied Immunology, The Tokyo University
  • MIURA Toshiyuki
    Advanced Clinical Research Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Tokyo University
  • NAKAOKA Takashi
    Advanced Medical Science, The Tokyo University
  • NAGANO Isao
    Department of Parasitology, Gifu University School of Medicine
  • TAKAHASHI Yuzo
    Department of Parasitology, Gifu University School of Medicine
  • IWAMOTO Aikichi
    Advanced Clinical Research Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Tokyo University

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  • 自然経過で軽快した旋毛虫症の1例
  • 症例 自然経過で軽快した旋毛虫症の1例
  • ショウレイ シゼン ケイカ デ ケイカイ シタ センモウチュウショウ ノ 1レイ

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We experienced a case of trichinellosis that had traveled in Kenya. The initial symptoms of the patient were myalgia and fever which started 2 weeks after she came back from Kenya, and blood examination showed marked eosinophilia (14, 300/mm3) and eleveted creatinine kinase (826IU/L). When we made serological diagnosis of trichinellosis 3 weeks after onset, symptoms started to resolve spontaneously and we observed the patient without any medication. As of 2 months after onset, symptoms and abnormal findings in laboratory data almost disappeared. The patient was speculated to be infected with trichinella spp. by incompletely cooked wild animal meats including alligator, zebra, pig, and ostrich during travel in Kenya. Since high incidence of trichinella infection in both wild and domestic animals has been reported in some areas of developing countries, travelers must be aware that raw or incompletely cooked animal meats can be source of trichinella spp.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 77 (10), 839-843, 2003

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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