A Gabonese case of paragonimiasis in a child

Petavy, A.F.; Cambon, M.; Demeocq, F.; Dechelotte, P.

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales 74(2): 193-197

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085
PMID: 7249244
Document Number: 176957
We observed a case of lung infection with Paragonimus for a 4 year old child in Gabon. The treatment with bithionol was partially uneffective. Indeed, after the end of this treatment we observed hypereosinophilia, hyper IgG and X Rays pulmonary opacities but without eggs in stools of sputum.

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