Diphyllobothrium latum infection in a non-endemic country: case report

Abstract

Diphyllobothriasis, which is rarely described in Brazil, was reported initially as a travelers' disease and as an accidental infection in individuals who ate raw freshwater fish. This report aims to present the case of a 20-year-old patient with confirmed Diphyllobothrium latum infection. Key-words:Diphyllobothriasis. Diphyllobothrium latum. Emerging disease. RESUMOA difilobotríase, raramente descrita no Brasil, foi referida inicialmente como doença de viajantes e como infecção acidental em indivíduos que se alimentam com peixe cru de água doce. Este relato objetiva apresentar o caso de uma paciente de 20 anos com infecção confirmada pelo Diphyllobothrium latum. Palavras-chaves:Difilobotríase. Diphyllobothrium latum. Doença emergente.

Nematodes in Hoplerytrinus unitaeniatus, Hoplias malabaricus and Pygocentrus nattereri (pisces characiformes) in Marajó Island, Brazil

“…Human cases of parasitism by helminths due to consumption of fish processed under these conditions have been reported in Brazil and are associated with the species Ascocotyle (Phagicola) longa (Ransom, 1920) (CHIEFFI et al, 1990(CHIEFFI et al, , 1992ALMEIDA-DIAS;WOICIECHOVSKI, 1994), Diphyllobothrium latum (Linnaeus, 1758) (EDUARDO et al, 2005a, b;FARO, 2005;TAVARES et al, 2005;EMMEL et al 2006;LACERDA et al, 2007;CAPUANO et al, 2007;LLAGUNO et al, 2008), Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbold, 1875) (LEITE et al, 1989;DIAS et al, 1992) and Gnathostoma sp. (DANI et al, 2009).…”

Diphyllobothriidae

“…More recently, based in the review and references cited by Knoff et al (2011), about 70 cases attributed to D. latus or other unidentified species have been published in Brazil, including autochthonous and non-autochthonous cases (Eduardo et al, 2005a(Eduardo et al, , 2005bTavares et al, 2005;Santos and Faro, 2005;Emmel et al, 2006;Capuano et al, 2007;Mezzari and Wiebbeling, 2008;Llaguno et al, 2008;Knoff et al, 2011). The cases in Brazil have been mainly related to the consumption of raw, smoked or insufficiently cooked imported salmonids.…”

Zoonoses parasitárias veiculadas por alimentos de origem animal: revisão sobre a situação no Brasil

“…Em 2005, foi detectado em cinco indivíduos do Rio de Janeiro que possuíam o hábito de consumir comida japonesa crua (Tavares et al, 2005), além de Brasília (DF) (Llaguno et al, 2008), Porto Alegre (RS) (Mezzari;Wiebbeling, 2008) e Ribeirão Preto (SP), onde havia histórico de consumo de peixes crus (Capuano et al, 2007).…”