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KMID : 0425120140520030291
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2014 Volume.52 No. 3 p.291 ~ p.294
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Four Human Cases of Acanthotrema felis (Digenea: Heterophyidae) Infection in Korea
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Chai Jong-Yil
Kim Jae-Lip
Seo Min
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Abstract
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Acanthotrema felis is an intestinal trematode of cats originally reported from the Republic of Korea. Only 1 human case infected with a single adult worm has been previously recorded. In the present study, we report 4 human cases infected with a total of 10 worms recovered after anthelmintic treatment and purging. All 4 patients reside in coastal areas of Jeollanam-do, Korea, and have consumed brackish water fish including the gobies, Acanthogobius flavimanus. The worms averaged 0.47 mm in length and 0.27 mm in width, and had 3 sclerites on the ventrogenital sac; 1 was short and thumb-like, another was long and blunt-ended, and the 3rd was long and broad-tipped. They were identified as A. felis Sohn, Han, & Chai, 2003. Surveys on coastal areas to detect further human cases infected with A. felis are required.
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KEYWORD
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Acanthotrema felis, human infection, intestinal fluke, heterophyid fluke
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