Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis in a Laotian immigrant to Australia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis that mimicked reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, and neoplasm occurred in a Laotian immigrant to Australia. The key to the diagnosis of this condition is awareness of the disease in persons from this region. The diagnosis was supported by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing. The patient was successfully treated with praziquantel.
Medical subject headings
- Emigration and Immigration
- Lung Diseases, Parasitic
- Paragonimiasis
- Pleural Diseases