Gastrointestinal: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to an unusual parasite

Ghimire, Rabindra; Urban, Carl; Gervacio, Benclement; Tong, Jiankun; Kim, Sang; Segal‐Maurer, Sorana

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“…Intestinal anisakiasis presents with distension and intense abdominal pain 5–7 days after the parasite is ingested ( Bouree et al., 1995 , Chai et al., 2005 , Chopra et al., 2016 ). Other atypical forms of presentation described in the literature include cases of eosinophilic esophagitis, upper gastrointestinal bleeding and gastroesophageal reflux disease ( Ghimire et al., 2016 , Rezapour and Agarwal, 2017 , Uehara and Okumura, 2017 ).…”

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Anisakidae nematodes isolated from the flathead grey mullet fish (Mugil cephalus) of Buenaventura, Colombia

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Tangua

Salazar

2017

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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Anisakiasis is a parasitic infection caused by larval stages of nematodes of the genus Anisakis, Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum, of the Anisakidae family. The lifecycle of these nematodes develops in aquatic organisms and their final hosts are marine mammals. However, humans can act as accidental hosts and become infected with infective stage larvae (L3) by consuming raw or undercooked fish or shellfish carrying the parasite. Of this group of parasites, the genus Anisakis is the most studied: its presence in humans is associated with non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms or allergic responses that can trigger anaphylactic shock. The lack of studies in anisakiasis and Anisakis in Colombia has resulted in this infection being little-known by medical practitioners and therefore potentially underreported. The objective of this study was to identify anisakid nematodes in the flathead grey mullet fish (Mugil cephalus), caught by artisanal fishing methods and commercialized in Buenaventura. Morphological identification was carried out by classical taxonomy complemented by microscopy study using the histochemical technique Hematoxylin-Eosin. Nematodes of the genus Anisakis were found in the host M. cephalus. The Prevalence of Anisakis larvae in flathead grey mullet fish was 33%. The findings confirm the presence of Anisakis sp. in fish for human consumption in the Colombian Pacific region, a justification for further investigation into a possible emerging disease in this country.

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