A large outbreak of Opisthorchis felineus in Italy suggests that opisthorchiasis develops as a febrile eosinophilic syndrome with cholestasis rather than a hepatitis-like syndrome

We describe the greatest Italian human acute opisthorchiasis outbreak acquired from eating raw tenches. Out of 52 people with suspected opisthorchiasis, 45 resulted in being infected. The most frequent symptoms and laboratory findings were fever, abdominal pain and eosinophilia. Seven tri-phasic com...

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Hauptverfasser: Traverso, A., Repetto, E., Magnani, S., Meloni, T., Natrella, M., Marchisio, P., Giacomazzi, C., Bernardi, P., Gatti, S., Gomez Morales, M. A., Pozio, E.
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description We describe the greatest Italian human acute opisthorchiasis outbreak acquired from eating raw tenches. Out of 52 people with suspected opisthorchiasis, 45 resulted in being infected. The most frequent symptoms and laboratory findings were fever, abdominal pain and eosinophilia. Seven tri-phasic computed tomography (CT) scans were done, showing multiple hypodense nodules with hyper-enhancement in the arterial phase. All patients took one day of praziquantel 25 mg/kg TID without failures. Reported symptoms suggested a febrile eosinophilic syndrome with cholestasis rather than a hepatitis-like syndrome. It seems common to find hepatic imaging alterations during acute opisthorchiasis: CT scan could be the most suitable imaging examination. Even if stool test remains the diagnostic gold standard, we found earlier positivity with the serum antibody test. Without previous freezing, the consumption of raw freshwater fish should be avoided.
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Anthelmintics - administration & dosage
Antibodies
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Child
Cholestasis
Cholestasis - pathology
Computed tomography
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases caused by trematodes
Distomatoses
Enzymes
Eosinophilia
Eosinophilia - pathology
Epidemics
Feces
Female
Fever
Fever - physiopathology
Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology
Foodborne Diseases - pathology
Freezing
Freshwater environments
Freshwater fish
Gallbladder diseases
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Helminthic diseases
Hepatitis
Hepatitis - pathology
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Italy - epidemiology
Laboratories
Leukocytes (eosinophilic)
Liver
Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas
Male
Medical Microbiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nodules
Opisthorchiasis - epidemiology
Opisthorchiasis - pathology
Opisthorchis - isolation & purification
Opisthorchis felineus
Other diseases. Semiology
Outbreaks
Pain
Parasitic diseases
Phosphatase
Polymerase chain reaction
Praziquantel
Praziquantel - administration & dosage
Radiography, Abdominal
Serology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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title A large outbreak of Opisthorchis felineus in Italy suggests that opisthorchiasis develops as a febrile eosinophilic syndrome with cholestasis rather than a hepatitis-like syndrome
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