IDCases (Jan 2021)

Clinical polymorphism in patients with Opisthorchis felineus infection in the Western Siberia

  • Nina Karbysheva,
  • Marina Nikonorova,
  • Olga Matros,
  • Irina Kiushkina,
  • Elena Nemilostiva,
  • Irina Choroshilova,
  • Andrew Gorobchenko,
  • Karina Umbetova,
  • Elena Volchkova

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24
p. e01064

Abstract

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Clinical symptoms of chronic opisthorchiasis superinvasion the inhabitants of the Western Siberia, which is hyperendemic for this parasites, are presented. The polymorphism of manifestations from many organs and systems (liver, respiratory, immune, musculoskeletal, and digestive, etc.) with the development of eosinophilic hepatitis, according to histological studies, are shown. Manifestation of the latent course of the chronic phase of opisthorchiasis in case of repeated infection was accompanied by leukemoid eosinophilia, hyperleukocytosis and severe cholestasis, which determined the difficulties of the differential diagnostic search.

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