Toxocariasis
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- Toxocariasis. Woodruff, A. W. // Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine;Dec1987, Vol. 80 Issue 12, p785
A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about toxocariasis in the December 1986 issue.
- Toxocariasis in the British Isles 1982-3. Ree, G.H.; Voller, A.; Rowland, H.A.K. // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);2/25/1984, Vol. 288 Issue 6417, p628
Investigates the infection of human toxocariasis in Great Britain. Presence of visceral larva migrans and ocular toxocariasis as common symptoms. Variation of the clinical picture from a solitary retinal granuloma to severe endophthalmitis; Utilization of the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.
- Toxocaral and tocoplasmal antibodies in cat breeders and in Icelanders exposed to cats but not to dogs. Woodruff, A.W.; de Savigny, D.H.; Hendy-Ibbs, P.M. // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);1/30/1982, Vol. 284 Issue 6312, p309
Examines the difference of toxocariasis and toxoplasmosis infections between cat breeders and individual exposed to cats but not to dogs in Iceland. Absence of relation between exposure to cats and prevalence of toxocariasis; Observation of titres; Risks associated with canine exposure.
- Toxocariasis and eosinophilic meningitis. Gould, I.M.; Newell, S.; Green, S.H.; George, R.H. // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);11/2/1985, Vol. 291 Issue 6504, p1239
Presents a case study of a patient with toxocariasis and eosinophilic meningitis in Great Britain. Identification of toxocariasis as a visceral migrans in children with pica; Prevalence of eye lesions among older children and adults; Treatments of the disease.
- Toxocariasis (Ocular Larva Migrans). // Review of Optometry;10/15/2002 Supplement, Vol. 139, p44A
Examines the causes of toxocariasis disease. Symptoms of the disease; Risks of severe infection; Treatment of the disease.
- Toxocariasis: A Review for Pediatricians. Woodhall, Dana M.; Fiore, Anthony E. // Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society;Jun2014, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p154
Toxocariasis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of cats and dogs. The disease is endemic throughout the United States and causes significant morbidity in children, including damage to the lungs, liver, or central nervous system, especially the eyes. Two well established clinical...
- Toxocariasis After Slug Ingestion Characterized by Severe Neurologic, Ocular, and Pulmonary Involvement. Fellrath, Jean-Marc; Magnaval, Jean-François // Open Forum Infectious Diseases;Sep2014, Vol. 1 Issue 2, p1
Human toxocariasis is generally a benign, self-curing disease, and neurologic involvement is quite exceptional. In this study, we report a case of toxocariasis caused by ingestion of an unusual transport host, namely live slugs. The clinical picture comprised eosinophilic lung involvement with...
- Febrile Exanthema Revealing Toxocariasis: A Case Report. Bernardeschi, Celine; Monsel, Gentiane; Frances, Camille; Bricaire, François; Paris, Luc; Caumes, Eric // Acta Dermato-Venereologica;2011, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p350
The article presents a case study of a 32-year-old Afro-Caribbean man who was admitted for febrile exanthema that had developed 8 days previously together with fever, cough and myalgia. The patient was diagnosed with human toxocariasis revealed by febrile exanthema. Moreover, the causes of human...
- Adult human case of toxocariasis with pulmonary migratory infiltrate and eosinophilia. Považan, Djordje; Djurić, Mirna; Uzurov-Dinić, Vera; Lalošević, Dušan; Lalošević, Vesna; Sečen, Svetozar; Považan, Anika // Vojnosanitetski Pregled: Military Medical & Pharmaceutical Journ;Oct2011, Vol. 68 Issue 10, p881
Introduction. Toxocariasis is a zoonosis which is in Serbia characterized with a very high infection rate of dogs and excessive contamination of the soil with the eggs of Toxocara canis, the agent of the disease. Toxocara-induced infections have in recent years been established in a few hundreds...
- Pulmonary toxocariasis: a case report and literature review. Ranasuriya, G.; Mian, A.; Boujaoude, Z.; Tsigrelis, C. // Infection;Jun2014, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p575
Toxocariasis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxocara canis or T. cati. We report a patient with toxocariasis who presented with dyspnea, high-grade eosinophilia, and bilateral pulmonary nodules. To further characterize the pulmonary manifestations of toxocariasis, we have reviewed 11...
