Increased anti-Echinococcus granulosus antibody positivity in Fasciola hepatica infection

Kaya, Muhsin; Beştaş, Remzi; Gırgın, Sadullah; Çiçek, Mutalip; Kaplan, Mehmet Ali

doi:10.4318/tjg.2012.0354

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“…Kaya et al also reported in their study that 59% of the patients diagnosed with fascioliasis tested positive for Echinococcus granulosus antibodies in an indirect immunofluorescence antibody test [27]. They concluded that this might be due to the fact that helminths possess some antigens that are responsible for serological cross-reactions.…”

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Evaluation of patients diagnosed with fascioliasis: A six-year experience at a university hospital in Turkey

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Karaoğlan

Şahin

et al. 2016

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Introduction: In this study, clinical, laboratory, radiological, and serological examinations of fascioliasis patients were analyzed, and data with a significant impact on differential diagnosis were evaluated. Methodology: Clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings and treatment responses of a total of 22 fascioliasis patients, treated between October 2009 and September 2014, were evaluated. Nineteen patients were diagnosed with fascioliasis at the invasive phase and three patients at the chronic phase. Patients were followed up for clinical, laboratory, and radiology findings for a period of three months to one year after treatment. Results: The most frequent complaints in both groups were abdominal pain, and the most common physical examination finding was epigastric tenderness. In the performed examination, an eosinophil elevation in whole blood count was detected in 19 patients (100%) in the hepatic phase, and in 2 patients (66.6%) in the biliary phase. The results of the Fasciola hepatica indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) test ordered in the diagnosis were positive in all patients. Treatment with 10 mg/kg/day triclabendazole for two consecutive days was effective. Live parasites were extracted from patients in the biliary phase with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. In the follow-ups, remission in IHA titer and clinical and radiological improvement was achieved in all patients. Conclusions: If hypereosinophilia is detected by peripheral smear in patients who are admitted with complaints such as abdominal pain, weakness, nausea, myalgia, and weight loss, radiological evaluation and serological tests should be performed and fascioliasis should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

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confidence: 92%

Evaluation of patients diagnosed with fascioliasis: A six-year experience at a university hospital in Turkey

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Karaoğlan

Şahin

et al. 2016

J Infect Dev Ctries

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“…Eggs embryonate in water (2), releasing miracidia (3), which invades the intermediate host, the snail (4). Parasites undergo development in the snail (sporocysts 4a, rediae 4b) maturing into cercariae (4c) which are released from the snail (5) and encyst as metacercariae on aquatic vegetation or other surfaces. Domestic or wild ruminants and humans can become infected by ingesting vegetation containing metacercariae (6).…”

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“…Cross-reactivity with other helminths (as illustrated by these cases) is well recognised. 5 We suspect these cases represent F. gigantica infection with antibodies being detected…”

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Fascioliasis in Australian travellers to Bali

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Lee

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Medical Journal of Australia

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“…Tanı için tüm hastalarda serolojik testlerin pozitif olduğu bildirilmiştir (2). FH'li ve sağlıklı kişilerde Echinococcus granulosis indirekt immünfloresans testinin pozitif saptanabildiği bildirilmiştir (20). FH indirekt serum hemaglütinasyon, indirekt immünfloresans, ELISA yöntemleri ile araştırılabilir (1,17,21).…”

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Hepatik kitle ile prezente olan, ERCP ile ekstraksiyonu yapılan Fasciola hepatica: olgu sunumu ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi

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Demır²,

Akyüz³

et al. 2015

Endoskopi Gastrointestinal

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Presentation with hepatic mass and ERCP extraction of Fasciola hepatica: A case report and review of the literature Fasciola hepatica infeksiyonu ülkemizin bazı bölgelerinde endemik olarak rastlanan bir karaciğer trematodudur. Klinik bulgular nonspesifik olup; karın ağrısı, sağ üst kadranda hassasiyet şeklinde olabilir. Laboratuvarda eozinofili, karaciğer enzimlerinin yükselmesi, pozitif seroloji görülür. Görüntüleme yöntemlerinde karaciğerde çok sayıda nodüller ve safra yollarında dilatasyon görülür. Triclabendazol hepatik ve biliyer fazda etkilidir. Endoskopik retrograd kolanjiopankreatografi ile canlı Fasciola hepaticaların biliyer kanaldan uzaklaştırılması ile de tedavi edilir. Burada karaciğerde kitle nedeniyle tetkik edilen, safra yollarında dilatasyona neden olan ve endoskopik retrograd kolanjiopankreatografi ile tedavi edilen fasciola hepaticalı genç bayan olgusu sunulmuştur. Anahtar kelimeler: Fasciola hepatica, eozinofiliFasciola hepatica is a liver trematode that is endemic in some parts of Turkey. Clinical findings are nonspecific, such as abdominal pain and right upper quadrant tenderness. Eosinophilia, elevated liver enzymes and positive serology can be detected in laboratory investigations, while multiple nodules in the liver and dilated bile ducts can be seen in imaging modalities. Triclabendazole is effective in the hepatic and biliary phases. Fasciola hepatica is also treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography by biliary duct removal. Herein, we present a young woman who was evaluated with a mass in the liver and biliary tract dilatation caused by Fasciola hepatica and who was treated with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.

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Increased anti-Echinococcus granulosus antibody positivity in Fasciola hepatica infection

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Evaluation of patients diagnosed with fascioliasis: A six-year experience at a university hospital in Turkey

Evaluation of patients diagnosed with fascioliasis: A six-year experience at a university hospital in Turkey

Fascioliasis in Australian travellers to Bali

Hepatik kitle ile prezente olan, ERCP ile ekstraksiyonu yapılan Fasciola hepatica: olgu sunumu ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi

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