Two cases of Metagonimiasis with special reference on the egg laying capacity in the human host

Abstract

Two cases of human infection of Metagonimus vokogatoai proven with adult worm in Korea were presented with special reference on the egg-laying capacity of the worm in the human host observed in these cases. 1) The case 1 who had the history of intake of raw sweetfish(Plecoglossus altivelh) were suffered from mild but chronic diarrhea for 6 months exactly after the intake. was treated with 2 courses of tetrachlorethylene incompletely but successfully. The total number of adult worm collected from this case was 17,560. The case 2 who was infected in low grade, was showed no symptoms since the infection with Metagonimus yokogawai. He was treated with Yomesan completely. 2) The above two cases were evaluated on the egg-laying status of Metagonimus yokogawai and collected the whole of the worms expelled after treatment. From the E. P. G., stool weight and consistency at each time of stool examination and the number of worms collected in each cases, the authors could obtained the number, L 505 as a E. P. D. P. W. (Eggs per day per worm) of Metagonimus yokogawat' in human host within one year of infection. 3) The morphological observation on the collected adult worms from the cases were briefly recorded.