paragonimiasis love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A general term including all infections (cerebral as well as pulmonary) with lung-flukes (genus Paragonimus), such as pulmonary distomatosis or parasitic hemoptysis in man.

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  • noun A food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani, in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

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Examples

  • The infection, called paragonimiasis, is caused by a parasite common in crayfish throughout North America.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • "The infection, called paragonimiasis, is very rare, so it's extremely unusual to see this many cases in one medical center in a relatively short period of time," says Washington

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  • Studies on the treatment of paragonimiasis were conducted in Cameroon and Ecuador.

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  • In 1990, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Division of Control of Tropical Diseases (CTD) and the pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy concluded a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct additional clinical trials of triclabendazole in the treatment of fascioliasis and paragonimiasis.

    Chapter 2 1998

  • The clinical studies were carried out on 245 patients with fascioliasis in 6 trials, and on 261 people with paragonimiasis in 3 trials.

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  • For now, the message for physicians is to consider paragonimiasis in patients with cough, fever and eosinophilia.

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  • Once the diagnosis is made, paragonimiasis is easily treated with an oral drug, praziquantel, taken three times a day for only two days.

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  • No one knows why more cases of paragonimiasis are being diagnosed now, but doctors and researchers at Washington University are studying the parasite and hope to develop a better diagnostic test for the infection.

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  • With a quick search of the medical literature, Bailey learned that rare cases of North American paragonimiasis had been described in patients eating raw crayfish.

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  • Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine published a review article last year that includes information about the first three cases of paragonimiasis they diagnosed: Lane

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