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First report of Toxocara vitulorum infection in a dairy calf in Tennessee.
Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports
January 2025
Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, 2407 River Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
The ascarid nematode, Toxocara vitulorum, is a destructive parasite of ruminants with a world-wide distribution that causes mortality in calves, especially those with poor nutrition. Reports of T. vitulorum are scarce in the continental U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAscaris lumbricoides a rare cause gastric perforation: a case report and brief literature review.
Front Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China.
(AL), a prevalent nematode causing ascariasis, infects millions worldwide, with a higher risk in preschool and school-aged children. Though infections are usually mild, rare and life-threatening complications like gastrointestinal perforation exist. This article documents a case involving a 61-year-old deaf-mute man who presented with a month-long history of epigastric pain accompanied by nausea, anorexia, and constipation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrequency and Distribution of Parasites Detected in Children Between 2017-2022 (6-year Period).
Turkiye Parazitol Derg
January 2025
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı, İzmir, Türkiye.
Objective: In the study, various complaints such as gastrointestinal complaints such as diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, night urination, itching around the anus, malnutrition, malabsorption, anemia, intelligence and developmental delay were reported to University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Researhc Hospital, Microbiology Laboratory between 2017 and 2022. It was aimed to determine the frequency and distribution of intestinal parasites in patients presenting with clinical symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescriptive Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in the United States: Using Big Data to Characterize Patients and Analyze Parasitic Disease Trends.
Pathogens
December 2024
Parasitology & Vector Biology (PARAVEC) Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) include species responsible for hookworm disease, ascariasis, and trichuriasis. In the United States, STH infections have been greatly reduced with anthelmintic medications and improved hygiene and sanitation, however, cases still regularly occur, but limited epidemiological data exist. We investigated the occurrence of STH infections using big-data analytics of inpatient medical discharge records (1998-2020).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultimodality imaging of pediatric ascariasis.
Pediatr Radiol
January 2025
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Hospital da Criança e Maternidade, 60 Jamil Feres Kfouri Ave, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, 15091-240, Brazil.
Ascariasis is a prevalent intestinal helminthic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, commonly known as roundworm. While the disease may remain asymptomatic when the parasites are confined to the intestinal lumen of the small bowel, symptoms and complications can arise when the helminths invade the biliary tree or pancreatic ducts. In cases of severe infection, a mass of roundworms can lead to intestinal complications, such as bowel obstruction.
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