Human Toxocariasis Presenting with Fever and Colestatic Hepatitis: An Underestimated but Current Zoonosis

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="EN-US">Human toxocariasis is a widespread parasitic disease caused by ingestion of <i>Toxocara canis</i> or <i>catis</i> larvae or eggs. Parasitic diseases are uncommon in industrialized countries, yet this problem has not disappeared. Parasitic diseases can cause different syndrome (visceral larva migrans, ocular larva migrans) and the clinical features can be confusing. Severe organ involvement affecting the liver, lungs, nervous central system and eyes can lead to serious damage. We present a case of toxocariasis presenting with fever,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">desaturation and cholestatic hepatitis. Only the subsequent appearance of eosinophilia helped us to arrive at the correct diagnosis. Prompt diagnosis allowed specific therapy avoiding permanent complications.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span> </p&gt

Epidemiology and management of foodborne nematodiasis in the European Union, systematic review 2000–2016

“…In the case of Ascaris lumbricoides, more than 40% of the cases occur in children [36,58] and it is a parasite which exhibits monoxenous Table 5. Selected studies reporting autochthonous and imported cases of toxocariasis in the European Union (2000-2016, [11,38,39,40,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102]). [41,42,43,44,45,46,48,49,50,51,52,61,103,104,105,106,107,108]).…”