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Miíase/diagnóstico , Psychodidae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Adolescente , Animais , Feminino , Humanos , Higiene , México , Países Baixos , ViagemRESUMO
Reported here are two new cases of imported cutaneous gnathostomiasis that occurred in two Spanish women. The first patient acquired the helminth infection while travelling in Southeast Asia and the second in Mexico. Although the highest prevalence of gnathostomiasis infection is in Southeast Asia, the disease is now an emerging public health problem in some countries of Latin America. The cases reported here demonstrate the increasing frequency with which human gnathostomiasis is being diagnosed in nonendemic countries as a result of more extensive international travel and migration.
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Gnathostoma/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Spirurida/etiologia , Viagem , Adulto , Albendazol/uso terapêutico , Animais , Anticorpos Anti-Helmínticos/isolamento & purificação , Antinematódeos/uso terapêutico , Sudeste Asiático , Emigração e Imigração , Feminino , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Humanos , Mebendazol/uso terapêutico , México , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Espanha , Infecções por Spirurida/diagnóstico , Infecções por Spirurida/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por Spirurida/microbiologiaRESUMO
Hundreds of human cases of gnathostomiasis have recently been reported from Mexico, where the disease is becoming a public health problem. We report a case of gnathostomiasis in a French tourist returning from Mexico. Tourists travelling in endemic countries are at risk of gnathostomiasis and should be advised about the risks of eating raw fish as a suspected source of infection.