Pleuropulmonary Paragonimiasis in a Laotian Immigrant to Australia

A case of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis that mimicked reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, and neoplasm occurred in a Laotian immigrant to Australia. The key to the diagnosis of this condition is awareness of the disease in persons from this region. The diagnosis was supported by enzy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chest 1992-03, Vol.101 (3), p.849-851
Hauptverfasser:	Mukerjee, Chitta M., Simpson, Sheila E., Bell, Richard J., Walker, John C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Australia - epidemiology Biological and medical sciences Emigration and Immigration Humans Infectious diseases Laos - ethnology Lung Diseases, Parasitic - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases, Parasitic - epidemiology Lung Diseases, Parasitic - ethnology Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Paragonimiasis - diagnostic imaging Paragonimiasis - epidemiology Paragonimiasis - ethnology Parasitic diseases Pleural Diseases - diagnostic imaging Pleural Diseases - epidemiology Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis that mimicked reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, and neoplasm occurred in a Laotian immigrant to Australia. The key to the diagnosis of this condition is awareness of the disease in persons from this region. The diagnosis was supported by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing. The patient was successfully treated with praziquantel.
ISSN:	0012-3692 1931-3543
DOI:	10.1378/chest.101.3.849