Studies on intestinal trematodes in Korea V. A human case infected by Fibricola seoulensis (Trematoda: Diplostomatidae)

, Seo, Byong Seol; , Lee, Soon Hyung; , Hong, Sung Tae; , Hong, Sung Jong; , Kim, Chung Yong; , Lee, Hun Yong

doi:1982.20.2.93

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Korean J Parasitol. 1982 Dec;20(2):93-99. English. Published online Mar 20, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1982.20.2.93
Copyright © 1982 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


Studies on intestinal trematodes in Korea V. A human case infected by Fibricola seoulensis (Trematoda: Diplostomatidae)
Byong-Seol Seo,Soon-Hyung Lee,Sung-Tae Hong,Sung-Jong Hong,Chung-Yong Kim,^* and Hun-Yong Lee^*
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
^*Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.


Abstract
A 25-year old Korean male was admitted to Seoul National University Hospital on July 5, 1982 because of fever, epigastric discomfort and diarrhea. Laboratory examination revealed moderate eosinophilia, and large operculated helminth eggs in stool repeatedly. Other laboratory test resulted in normal range and bacteriological cultures were nefative. Under the impression of intestinal fluke infection, bithionol treatment with magnesium purgation was tried. From the diarrheal stool after treatment, a total of 79 small adult trematodes was collected, and identified as Fibricola seoulensis. The patient had eaten raw viscera of 2 snakes 9 days before admission in a rural village in Korea. It was assumed that this is the first record that described human infection by an adult diplostomatid fluke.

Figures


	Fig. 1 Fig. 1. Macroscopic picture of F. seoulensis collected from the human case after bithionol treatment Fig. 2. Ventral view of F. seoulensis stained with Semichon's acetocarmine, ×48 Fig. 3. Egg of F. seoulensis detected from feces of the human case, ×480.

Tables


	Table 1 Dimensions of 15 Fibricola seoulensis^* collected from the human case


	Table 2 Measurement of the eggs^* from the human case of F. seoulensis

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