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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 37, 2005 - Issue 6-7
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CASE REPORT

Fascioliasis imported to Norway

Mogens Jensenius From the Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Trond Flægstad Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Tore Stenstad Department of Infectious Diseases, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Tor Gjølberg Department of Radiology, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Ljiljana Vlatkovic Department of Pathology, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Line Schjøth-Iversen Department of Surgery, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Dag Berild From the Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Gerard Bordmann Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Bjørn Myrvang Department of Infectious Diseases, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Pages 534-537 | Received 07 Dec 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

We report 3 cases of fascioliasis imported to Norway: a 24-y-old male Vietnamese immigrant and a 51-y-old female Vietnamese immigrant with acute fascioliasis, and a 2-y-old male Ethiopian adoptee with chronic fascioliasis. Diagnosis was confirmed by detection of specific antibodies to Fasciola hepatica in the 2 first cases and by demonstration of Fasciola hepatica eggs in stool samples in the latter case. Treatment with oral triclabendazole led to prompt cure in all 3 patients. Imported fascioliasis is rarely reported but should be suspected in patients with a travel history to endemic areas, abdominal symptoms and hypereosinophilia of the blood.

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