ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2013
Paragonimiasis acquired in the United States: native and nonnative species.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quantitative total serum IgG4 reporting in human paragonimiasis: a scoping review.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Review
- Survival and infectivity ofFood and waterborne parasitology · 2025Article
- Pulmonary paragonimiasis presenting as massive empyema requiring decortication in an adolescent: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Paragonimiasis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Risk factors and clinical features for pulmonary paragonimiasis-associated pneumothorax.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- EndemicFood and waterborne parasitology · 2023Review
- Pulmonary Paragonimiasis: A Case Series.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2023Article
- Pneumothorax with Eosinophilia is an Important Diagnostic Clue for Distinguishing Paragonimiasis from Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia: A Case Report.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Pulmonary Paragonimiasis in Native Community, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, 2022.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- A clinical review of human disease due toParasitology · 2022Review
- Cerebral paragonimiasis: Clinicoradiological features and serodiagnosis using recombinant yolk ferritin.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Cerebral Paragonimiasis in Children.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Reconsideration of Dr. Allen's Report about Hemoptysis Patients from High Prevalence of Archaeoparasitological Paragonimiasis in Korea.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2019Article
- Intraspinal Paragonimiasis in Children: MRI Findings and Suggestions for Pathogenesis.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2019Article
- Hepatic Paragonimiasis Mimicking Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2018Article
- Surveillance and diagnosis of zoonotic foodborne parasites.Food science & nutrition · 2018Review
- Case series of paragonimiasis from Nepal.Oxford medical case reports · 2017Article
- Paragonimus kellicotti: A Lung Infection in Our Own Backyard.Case reports in pathology · 2016Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Paragonimiasis is a parasitic lung infection caused by lung flukes of the genus Paragonimus, with most cases reported from Asia and caused by P. westermani following consumption of raw or undercooked crustaceans. With the exception of imported P. westermani cases in immigrants, in travelers returning from areas of disease endemicity, and in clusters of acquired cases following consumption of imported Asian crabs, human paragonimiasis caused by native lung flukes is rarely described in the United States, which has only one indigenous species of lung fluke, Paragonimus kellicotti. Clinicians should inquire about the consumption of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs by immigrants, expatriates, and returning travelers, and the consumption of raw or undercooked crayfish in U.S. freshwater river systems where P. kellicotti is endemic when evaluating patients presenting with unexplained fever, cough, rales, hemoptysis, pleural effusions, and peripheral eosinophilia. Diagnostic evaluation by specific parasitological, radiological, serological, and molecular methods will be required in order to differentiate paragonimiasis from tuberculosis, which is not uncommon in recent Asian immigrants. All cases of imported and locally acquired paragonimiasis will require treatment with oral praziquantel to avoid any potential pulmonary and cerebral complications of paragonimiasis, some of which may require surgical interventions.
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