Case Report : Anisakiasis Causing Acute Dysentery in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Amirah, Amir, Romano, Ngui, Wan Hafiz, Wan Ismail, Kum, Thong Wong, Jaxinthe S., K. Ong, Yvonne Ai Lian, Lim, Lau, Yee Ling, Rohela, Mahmud
• 格式: Article
• 语言: English
• 出版: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016
• 主题: QR Microbiology; RZ Other systems of medicine
• 在线阅读: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42157/1/Anisakiasis%20Causing.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42157/; https://www.ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/95/2/article-p410.xml?rskey=n48QAQ&result=1

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...