RT Book, Section
A1 Rosenthal, Philip J.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193137991
T1 Intestinal Flukes
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193137991
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  large  intestinal  fluke,  Fasciolopsis  buski,  is  a  common  parasite  of  pigs  and  humans  in  eastern  and  southern  Asia.  Eggs  shed  in  stools  hatch  in  freshwater,  followed  by  infection  of  snails,  and  release  of  cercariae  that  encyst  on  aquatic  plants.  Humans  are  infected  by  eating  uncooked  plants,  including  water  chestnuts,  bamboo  shoots,  and  watercress.  Adult  flukes  mature  in  about  3  months  and  live  in  the  small  intestine  attached  to  the  mucosa,  leading  to  local  inflammation  and  ulceration.  Other  intestinal  flukes  that  cause  similar  syndromes  include  Heterophyes  (North  Africa  and  Turkey)  and  Metagonimus  (East  Asia)  species;  these  species  are  transmitted  by  undercooked  freshwater  fish.