Open AccessParagonimiasis pulmonar. Reporte de caso pediátrico
Author(s) -
Víctor F Maticorena Agramonte,
Alexis José Ormeño Julca,
Cecilia Del P Coveñas Coronado,
Victoria Polar Córdova,
Jorge Rodríguez
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2019.e659
Subject(s) - paragonimiasis , paragonimus , medicine , triclabendazole , paragonimus westermani , pulmonary tuberculosis , humanities , tuberculosis , helminths , pathology , fasciola hepatica , immunology , art
Paragonimiasis is a parasite infection caused by several species of Paragonimus, a trematode that is transmitted through the consumption of raw or undercooked crabs and that has been found in the subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa. This infection mainly affects the lungs, causing clinical and radiological manifestations very similar to pulmonary tuberculosis, so it should always be included in the differential diagnosis. We present the case of a 7-year-old school patient, hospitalized with the diagnosis of pulmonary paragonimiasis, who had a favorable evolution after receiving treatment with triclabendazole.