Case report: Anisakiasis causing acute dysentery in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Amir, A., Ngui, Romano, Wan Ismail, W.H., Wong, Kum Thong, Ong, J.S.K., Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Lau, Yee Ling, Mahmud, Rohela
• 格式: Article
• 出版: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016
• 主题: R Medicine
• 在线阅读: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18282/; https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0007

Human anisakiasis is a zoonosis acquired by eating raw or undercooked infected seafood. Herein, we report a case of acute dysentery caused by anisakiasis in a 64-year-old man in Malaysia. A colonoscopy was performed and a nematode larva was found penetrating the mucosa of the ascending colon. Bleedi...