Abdominal angiostrongyliasis, report of two cases and analysis of published reports from Colombia
Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic zoonosis, endemic in the American continent. Its etiological agent is Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode whose definitive hosts are rats and other rodents and the intermediate hosts, slugs. Mammals acquire the infection by consuming vegetables conta...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fd1ddca75869493e95d711954cc60123 2023-05-15T15:05:46+02:00 Abdominal angiostrongyliasis, report of two cases and analysis of published reports from Colombia Fernando Bolaños Leonardo Favio Jurado-Zambrano Rina L. Luna-Tavera Jaime M. Jiménez 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5043 https://doaj.org/article/fd1ddca75869493e95d711954cc60123 EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/5043 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.5043 https://doaj.org/article/fd1ddca75869493e95d711954cc60123 Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 233-242 (2020) angiostrongylus strongylida infections/diagnosis case reports colombia Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5043 2023-01-08T01:40:40Z Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic zoonosis, endemic in the American continent. Its etiological agent is Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode whose definitive hosts are rats and other rodents and the intermediate hosts, slugs. Mammals acquire the infection by consuming vegetables contaminated with L3 larvae. The disease shows a heterogeneous clinical spectrum and given its low incidence its diagnosis is a great challenge. In Colombia, the first case was reported in 1979 and until 1998, only five additional cases have been reported. However, in the last two decades, no new cases were reported. Here we discuss two cases of children from Huila and Caquetá departments who developed the disease. Both cases required long in-patient care and multiple surgical interventions. The diagnosis was achieved by histopathological observation of parasitic elements inside the mesenteric arteries. One of the children died while the other fully recovered. We discuss the epidemiology, pathogenic cycle, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and prevention strategies of this disease paying particular attention to our patients’ features and the Colombian context. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 40 2 233 242 |
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic zoonosis, endemic in the American continent. Its etiological agent is Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode whose definitive hosts are rats and other rodents and the intermediate hosts, slugs. Mammals acquire the infection by consuming vegetables contaminated with L3 larvae. The disease shows a heterogeneous clinical spectrum and given its low incidence its diagnosis is a great challenge. In Colombia, the first case was reported in 1979 and until 1998, only five additional cases have been reported. However, in the last two decades, no new cases were reported. Here we discuss two cases of children from Huila and Caquetá departments who developed the disease. Both cases required long in-patient care and multiple surgical interventions. The diagnosis was achieved by histopathological observation of parasitic elements inside the mesenteric arteries. One of the children died while the other fully recovered. We discuss the epidemiology, pathogenic cycle, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and prevention strategies of this disease paying particular attention to our patients’ features and the Colombian context. |
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis, report of two cases and analysis of published reports from Colombia |
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