Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2019)

Disseminated Metacestode Versteria Species Infection in Woman, Pennsylvania, USA

  • Bethany Lehman,
  • Sixto M. Leal,
  • Gary W. Procop,
  • Elise O’Connell,
  • Jahangheer Shaik,
  • Theodore E. Nash,
  • Thomas B. Nutman,
  • Stephen Jones,
  • Stephanie Braunthal,
  • Shetal N. Shah,
  • Michael W. Cruise,
  • Sanjay Mukhopadhyay,
  • Jona Banzon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2507.190223
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 7
pp. 1429 – 1431

Abstract

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A patient in Pennsylvania, USA, with common variable immunodeficiency sought care for fever, cough, and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed lesions involving multiple organs. Liver resection demonstrated necrotizing granulomas, recognizable tegument, and calcareous corpuscles indicative of an invasive cestode infection. Sequencing revealed 98% identity to a Versteria species of cestode found in mink.

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