Title
Case report: A common source outbreak of anisakidosis in the United States and postexposure prophylaxis of family collaterals
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of California San Diego
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
We present a case of intussusception with complete small bowel obstruction caused by intestinal anisakidosis requiring surgical resection. A 30-year-old man presented with acute onset of severe abdominal pain 3 days after eating home-cured salmon gravlax. Despite surgery, the patient developed recurrent abdominal pain on two occasions with evidence of continued inflammation proximal to the surgical anastomosis. He was then treated with albendazole and prednisone, and symptoms improved. A decision was made to prophylactically treat two asymptomatic family members who also consumed home-cured gravlax with albendazole, resulting in one individual passing an intact Anisakis worm in her stool. We suggest that albendazole therapy could be considered as a therapy for continued symptoms of anisakidosis and postexposure prophylaxis of Anisakis larvae ingestion from a common source.
Start page
1219
End page
1221
Volume
99
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Patología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85056288396
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Sponsor(s)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences - KL2TR001444 - NCATS
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