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Case Report |
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Multiple Acute Parasitization by
Anisakis simplex |
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J Jurado-Palomo,1 MC
López-Serrano,1 I Moneo2 |
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1Department of Allergology, University
Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
2Department of Immunology, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid,
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J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol
2010; Vol. 20(5): 437-441 |
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Abstract |
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Hypersensitivity to
Anisakis is an
increasingly
prominent medical
problem throughout
the world, due to a
better understanding
of diseases
induced by parasites
and to modern
culinary habits of
eating raw or
undercooked fish.
We describe the case
of a patient who
presented epigastric
pain, wheals,
erythema, and
pruritus 3 hours
after the ingestion
of fi sh. More
than 200 larvae were
obtained by
endoscopy. However,
the patient only
developed an immune
response with
specific
immunoglobulin E
and eosinophilia
peaking at day 18
and decreasing
during the 17-month
follow-up. Only
eosinophilia reached
normal limits.
Key words:
Parasitization.
Anisakis simplex.
Ani s 1. Ani s 4.
Recombinant
allergen.
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