Invasive toxocariasis with hepatic lesions

Med Mal Infect. 2017 Feb;47(1):71-72. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.09.001. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

Authors

Yatrika Koumar¹, Catherine Lechiche¹, Albert Sotto², Laurence Lachaud³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital of Nîmes, place du Professeur-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes Cedex 09, France.
² Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital of Nîmes, place du Professeur-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes Cedex 09, France. Electronic address: albert.sotto@chu-nimes.fr.
³ Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Nîmes, 30029 Nîmes cedex 09, France.

PMID: 27692829
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.09.001

No abstract available

Keywords: Hepatitis; Hépatite; Larva migrans viscérale; Toxocariasis; Toxocarose; Visceral larva migrans.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Albendazole / therapeutic use
Animals
Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
Early Diagnosis
Eosinophilia / etiology
Hepatitis / etiology*
Hepatitis / parasitology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Morocco
Parasitemia / drug therapy
Toxocariasis / complications*
Toxocariasis / drug therapy
Travel-Related Illness*

Substances

Anthelmintics
Albendazole