Clinical features of paragonimiasis cases recently found in japan: parasite-specific immunoglobulin M and G antibody classes - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Jun 15;32(12):e151-3.

doi: 10.1086/320750. Epub 2001 May 7.

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Clinical features of paragonimiasis cases recently found in japan: parasite-specific immunoglobulin M and G antibody classes

F Nakamura-Uchiyama et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2001.

Abstract

We retrospectively analyzed clinical features in 30 patients who were referred to our laboratory and given a diagnosis of Paragonimus westermani infection in 1999. Our results indicate that pleurisy with eosinophilia and dominant immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibody are characteristic features of the early stage of paragonimiasis, whereas IgG antibody is dominant in the late stage. Thus, in addition to tests for parasite-specific IgG antibody, tests for IgM-class antibody should always be considered for patients with pleurisy in whom paragonimiasis is suspected.

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