Hepatic capillariasis in children: Report of 3 cases in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 642-647

  Sawamura, Regina ^a   Fernandes, Maria Inez Machado ^a   Peres, Luiz Cesar ^a   Galvão, Lívia Carvalho ^a   Goldani, Helena Ayako Sueno ^a   Jorge, Salim Moysés ^a   De Melo Rocha, Gutemberg ^a   De Souza, Naul Motta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; TRICHUROIDEA;

CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; NEMATODA; TRICHOCEPHALIDA; VERMES;

EID: 0032730396     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.642     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Piazza R, Corrêa MOA, Fleury RN, 1963. Sobre um caso de infecção humana por Capillaria hepatica. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo 5: 37-41.
2. Berger T, Degrémont A, Gebbers JO, Tönz O, 1990. Hepatic capillariasis in a 1-year-old child. Eur J Pediatr 149: 333-336.
3. Pessoa SB, 1988. Superfamília Trichinelloidea. Pessoa SB, Martins AV, eds. Pessoa Parasitologia Médica. 11th edition. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan Brazil, 516-522.
4. Attah EB, Nagarajan S, Obineche EN, Gera SC, 1983. Hepatic capillariasis. Am J Clin Pathol 79: 127-130.
5. Choe G, Lee HS, Seo JK, Chail JY, Lee SH, Eom KS, Chi JG, 1993. Hepatic capillariasis: first case report in the Republic of Korea. Am J Trop Med Hyg 48: 610-625.
6. Kokai GK, Misic S, Perisic VN, Grujovska S, 1990. Capillaria hepatica infestation in a 2-year-old girl. Histopathology 17: 275-277.
7. Kohatsu H, Zaha O, Shimada K, Chibana T, Yara I, Shimada A, Hasegawa H, Sato Y, 1995. A space-occupying lesion in the liver due to Capillaria infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg 52: 414-418.
8. Neafie RC, Connor DH, Cross JH, 1976. Capillariasis (intestinal and hepatic). Binford CH, Connor DH, eds. Pathology of Tropical and Extraordinary Diseases. Volume 2. Section A. Chapter 2. Washington, DC: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 406-408.
9. Belding DL, 1965. Capillaria hepatica. Belding DL, ed. Textbook of Parasitology. Third edition. Chapter 12. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 402-403.
10. Terrier P, Hack I, Hatz C, Theintz G, Roulet M, 1999. Hepatic capillariasis in a 2-year-old boy. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 28: 338-340.
11. Pereira VG, Franca LCM, 1983. Successful treatment of Capillaria hepatica infection in an acutely ill adult. Am J Trop Med Hyg 32: 1272-1274.
12. Cheetham RF, Markus MB, 1991. Drug treatment of experimental. Capillaria hepatica infection in mice. Parasitol Res 77: 517-520.
13. Rey L, 1991. Trichuris, Trichinella e outros nematóides. Rey L, ed. Parasitologia. Second edition. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan Brazil, 565-571.
14. Huntley CC, 1986. Visceral larva migrans. Braude AI, Davis CE, Fierer J, eds. Infections Diseases and Medical Microbiology. Second edition. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1540-1543.