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Gnathostoma hispidum Infection in a Korean Man Returning from China

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Authors

Kim, Han-Seong; Lee, Jin-Joo; Joo, Mee; Chang, Sun-Hee; Chai, Jong-Yil; Chi, Je G.

Issue Date
2010-09
Publisher
KOREAN SOC PARASITOLOGY, SEOUL NATL UNIV COLL MEDI
Citation
KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY; Vol.48 3; 259-261
Keywords
Gnathostoma hispidumdeep dermisgnathostomecase report
Abstract
Human Gnathostoma hispidum infection is extremely rare in the world literature and has never been reported in the Republic of Korea. A 74-year-old Korean man who returned from China complained of an erythematous papule on his back and admitted to our hospital. Surgical extraction of the lesion and histopathological examination revealed sections of a nematode larva in the deep dermis. The sectioned larva had 1 nucleus in each intestinal cell and was identified as G. hispidum. The patient recalled having eaten freshwater fish when he lived in China. We designated our patient as an imported G. hispidum case from China.
ISSN
0023-4001
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/76664
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.259
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