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Topic: Gnathostomiasis

	eMedicine - Gnathostomiasis : Article Excerpt by Robert W Tolan, Jr
		Gnathostomiasis is a rare infection that most often results from ingestion of the third-stage larvae of the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum, although several other species also cause human disease.
		Gnathostomiasis is an uncommon disease, even in endemic areas of Southeast Asia (including Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand) and Latin America (mainly Mexico and Ecuador), although its incidence appears to be increasing, possibly because of changing dietary habits.
		Gnathostomiasis can persist 10-12 years and may cause significant morbidity because of its propensity to involve any part of the body.
	www.emedicine.com /ped/byname/gnathostomiasis.htm (825 words)

	Emerging Infectious Diseases: Gnathostomiasis: an emerging imported disease - Research
		This case series represents a small proportion of gnathostomiasis patients receiving medical care in the United Kingdom, in whom this uncommon parasitic infection is mostly undiagnosed.
		The case notes of patients in whom gnathostomiasis was diagnosed at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases were reviewed retrospectively for clinical symptoms and confirmatory serologic results for the period April 1, 2000, to March 31, 2001.
		All serologic testing for gnathostomiasis was performed in the Department of Helminthology of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GVK/is_6_9/ai_103563795 (1292 words)

	CDC - Gnathostomiasis: An Emerging Imported Disease
		The case notes of patients in whom gnathostomiasis was diagnosed at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases were reviewed retrospectively for clinical symptoms and confirmatory serologic results for the period April 1, 2000, to March 31, 2001.
		All serologic testing for gnathostomiasis was performed in the Department of Helminthology of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.
		A diagnosis of gnathostomiasis should be considered for patients with a history of transient, migratory cutaneous or subcutaneous swellings, or nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms for which a potential epidemiologic exposure is identified.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol9no6/02-0625.htm (2178 words)

	Epidemiology of Gnathostomiasis
		However, the frequency of human gnathostomiasis has relegated it to the proverbial backburner in the world of parasitology.
		Localized primarily in Third World populations that consume raw or semi-cooked fish, poultry, or pork, many of the cases in the U.S. are due to travel or immigration.
		Although extermination of definitive hosts might be a way to solve the problem of gnathostomiasis, such a tactic is neither likely nor advisable as these animals are usually of significant ecological, economic, and emotional importance.
	www.stanford.edu /class/humbio103/ParaSites2001/gnathostomiasisoriginal/PAGES/publichealth.htm (332 words)

	TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS GNATHOSTOMIASIS WITH IVERMECTIN -- KRAIVICHIAN et al. 71 (5): 623 -- American Journal of ...
		Gnathostomiasis is a disease in humans caused by the larval
		Flow diagram of the allocation of gnathostomiasis patients in the groups that received ivermectin or albendazole.
		A preliminary study on the efficacy of mebendazole, thiabendazole, praziquantel and ivermectin against gnathostomiasis in rats.
	www.ajtmh.org /cgi/content/full/71/5/623 (3311 words)

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		Human Gnathostomiasis is endemic to Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Japan.
		Currently, definite diagnosis of human gnathostomiasis can only be made following a recovery of the parasite from the infected host which is rarely successful.
		One confirmed human case of Gnathostomiasis exhibiting creeping eruption, itching and pain, was observed in woman living of eating raw fish like ceviche a very popular dish of the country.
	www.imbiomed.com.mx /Alergiamx/Alxv41n5/english/Zalx45-05.html (102 words)

	eMedicine - Gnathostomiasis : Article by Robert W Tolan, Jr
		Gnathostomiasis is seldom fatal, except in CNS disease.
		The use of antiparasitic agents is contraindicated in pregnancy.
		Gnathostomiasis - neuroimaging of larval migration.; N Engl J Med. Jul 14 2005;353(2):188. [Medline].
	www.emedicine.com /ped/topic877.htm (2750 words)

	Gorgas - Case #1(03) Diagnosis
		Gnathostomiasis, a disease that is most highly endemic in and associated with Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and China, is very much an emerging disease of travelers, especially in Latin America.
		We cannot implicate the meal taken by this patient on the Mexico-Texas border as that ingestion was mostly shrimp, not fish, and the symptoms began less than 48 hours after that.
		This is a shorter incubation than would be expected with gnathostomiasis.
	www-cme.erep.uab.edu /onlineCourses/Gorgas03/Case1_03/CaseDiag1(03).htm (928 words)

	Specialty Laboratories ::: we help doctors help patients
		Gnathostomiasis, an emerging foodborne zoonotic disease in Acapulco, Mexico.
		Medullary gnathostomiasis in a white patient: use of immunodiagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging.
		Schmutzhard E, Boongird P, Vejjajiva A. Eosinophilic meningitis and radiculomyelitis in Thailand, caused by CNS invasion of Gnathostoma spinigerum and Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
	www.specialtylabs.com /books/display.asp?id=355 (538 words)

	A LIVE INTRAOCULAR GNATHOSTOMA S (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gnathostomiasis is a parasitic roundworm in cats, dogs, tigers and leopards.
		The L3 larval stage (which causes gnathostomiasis in humans) can range from few millimeters to 16 millimeters and cannot mature.
		Camacho, S.P.D et al (1998), Clinical Manifestation and immunodiagnosis of gnathostomiasis in Mexico, American l Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 59: 908-915.
	www.e-imj.com /Vol2-No2/Vol2-No2-C3.htm (697 words)

	CASE REPORT: GNATHOSTOMIASIS IN TWO TRAVELERS TO ZAMBIA -- HALE et al. 68 (6): 707 -- American Journal of Tropical ...
		Gnathostomiasis is a systemic infection caused by migrating
		Clinical manifestations and immuno-diagnosis of gnathostomiasis in Culiacan, Mexico.
		Human gnathostomiasis caused by Gnathostoma doloresi, with particular reference to the parasitological investigation of the causative agent.
	www.ajtmh.org /cgi/content/full/68/6/707 (1772 words)

	Emerging Infectious Diseases: Eosinophilic pleural effusion in gnathostomiasis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On admission, results of a first set of examinations involving reactivities to schistosomiasis, paragonimiasis, strongyloidiasis, cysticercosis, trichinosis, gnathostomiasis, filariasis, and toxocariasis were negative.
		Although some patients show a typical cutaneous form of gnathostomiasis associated with eosinophilia (6,7), most atypical forms are probably under-diagnosed, and severe neurologic involvement may occur if treatment is not given (1).
		Some laboratories in Europe currently provide testing for gnathostomiasis, which would be a valuable aid in evaluating patients returning from the tropics.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GVK/is_9_10/ai_n6211052 (979 words)

	Tropical Medicine Central Resource (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gnathostomiasis is infection by the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum, and rarely by G.
		Larva migrans can be from Toxocara canis or cati, Ascaris lumbricoides, or other nematodes (WHO).
		Human gnathostomiasis is endemic in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam) and Japan and China.
	tmcr.usuhs.mil /tmcr/chapter46/gnathostom.htm (1080 words)

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