Article: Unresolving pneumonia with pleural effusion: pulmonary aragonimiasis
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gaire, Deepshikha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sharma, Santosh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Poudel, Kumar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pant, Pankaj | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-21T07:13:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-09-21T07:13:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Paragonimiasis is a zoonosis caused by many species of Paragonimus commonly P. westermani. Human get infected by eating raw, salted, pickled, smoked, partially cooked crustaceans (crayfish or crabs). Clinical manifestations ranges from non-specific symptoms like pain abdomen, diarrhea, urticarial rashes, fever to pleuropulmonary symptoms like cough, hemoptysis, chest pain and dyspnea. 48 yrs, female presented at TUTH emergency with fever on and off for 9 months, cough and shortness of breath for 3 months, lethargy, malaise and urticaria with history of raw crab intake one month prior to the onset of symptoms. Blood and pleural fluid analysis revealed raised total counts with eosinophilia and x-ray showed bilateral infiltration of lower lobes with pleural effusion. Diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic examination of sputum for Paragonimus. She responded well to Praziquantel. Pulmonary paragonimiasis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of unresolving pneumonia and unexplained hypereosinophilia. Keywords: Hypereosinophilia, Paragonimiasis, Pleural effusion, Praziquantel. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.3154 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7781 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | Hypereosinophilia | |
| dc.subject | Paragonimiasis | |
| dc.subject | Pleural effusion | |
| dc.subject | Praziquantel | |
| dc.title | Unresolving pneumonia with pleural effusion: pulmonary aragonimiasis | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 270 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 268 | |
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