ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2020
Prevalence of Toxocariasis and Its Risk Factors in Patients with Eosinophilia in Korea.
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- Human toxocariasis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Pooled it
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- Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Toxocariasis in Children With Hypereosinophilia in Iran.Archives of Razi Institute · 2025Article
- First Report on the Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated withPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- One health approach to toxocariasis in quilombola communities of southern Brazil.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
- Toxocariasis: potential association with bronchial asthma, and pneumonia among pediatric children.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2023Article
- Green vegetable juice as a potential source of human fascioliasis in Korea.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022Article
- Serosurvey of anti-Toxocara canis antibodies in people experiencing homelessness and shelter workers from São Paulo, Brazil.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Seroprevalence of toxocariasis among allergic patients in Kuwait and its association with eosinophilia.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2022Article
- Toxocariasis-Associated Acute Perimyocarditis with Cardiogenic Shock: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2021Article
- The Role of Nile Tilapia (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
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Abstract
Eosinophilia occurs commonly in many diseases including allergic diseases and helminthic infections. Toxocariasis has been suggested as one cause of eosinophilia. The present study was undertaken to examine the prevalence of toxocariasis in patients with eosinophilia and to identify the risk factors for toxocariasis. This prospective cohort study recruited a total of 81 patients with eosinophilia (34 males and 47 females) who visited the outpatient clinic at Seoul National University Hospital from January 2017 to February 2018 and agreed to participate in this study. The prevalence of toxocariasis was examined by T. canis-specific ELISA, and the various risk factors for toxocariasis were evaluated by a questionnaire survey. Among 81 patients with eosinophilia, 18 were positive for anti-T. canis antibodies (22.2%); 88.9% were male (16/18) and 11.1% were female (2/18). Multivariate statistical analysis revealed that males (OR 21.876, 95% CI: 1.667-287.144) with a history of consuming the raw meat or livers of animals (OR 5.899, 95% CI: 1.004-34.669) and a heavy alcohol-drinking habit (OR 8.767, 95% CI: 1.018-75.497) were at higher risk of toxocariasis in patients with eosinophilia. Toxocariasis should be considered a potential cause of eosinophilia when the patient has a history of eating the raw meat or livers of animals in Korea. A single course of albendazole is recommended to reduce the migration of Toxocara larvae in serologically positive cases with eosinophilia.
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