Sapp, Sarah G.H., Kaminski, Monica, Abdullah, Marie, Bishop, Henry S., Fox, Mark, Ndubuisi, MacKevin, and Bradbury, Richard S. (2019) Percutaneous Emergence of Gnathostoma spinigerum Following Praziquantel Treatment. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 4 (4). 145.

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Abstract

A Bangladeshi patient with prior travel to Saudi Arabia was hospitalized in the United States for a presumptive liver abscess. Praziquantel was administered following a positive Schistosoma antibody test. Ten days later, a subadult worm migrated to the skin surface and was identified morphologically as Gnathostoma spinigerum. This case highlights the challenges of gnathostomiasis diagnosis, raising questions on potential serologic cross-reactivity and the possible role of praziquantel in stimulating outward migration of Gnathostoma larvae/subadults.

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Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2414-6366
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