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A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea
This report describes clinical and parasitological findings of an 82-yr-old female patient who lived in a local rural village and suffered from severe chronic anemia for several years. She was transferred to the National Police Hospital in Seoul for management of severe dyspnea and dizziness. At adm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21165298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2010.25.12.1802 |
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author | Hyun, Hee Jae Kim, Eun-Min Park, So Yeon Jung, Jun-Oh Chai, Jong-Yil Hong, Sung-Tae |
author_facet | Hyun, Hee Jae Kim, Eun-Min Park, So Yeon Jung, Jun-Oh Chai, Jong-Yil Hong, Sung-Tae |
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description | This report describes clinical and parasitological findings of an 82-yr-old female patient who lived in a local rural village and suffered from severe chronic anemia for several years. She was transferred to the National Police Hospital in Seoul for management of severe dyspnea and dizziness. At admission, she showed symptoms or signs of severe anemia. Gastroduodenoscopy observed hyperemic mucosa of the duodenum and discovered numerous moving roundworms on the mucosa. Endoscopy isolated seven of them, which were identified as Necator americanus by characteristic morphology of cutting plates in the buccal cavity. The patient was treated with albendazole and supportive measures for anemia, and her physical condition much improved. This case suggests the possibility that hookworm N. americanus is still transmitted in a remote local mountainous area in Korea. |
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spelling | pubmed-29952372010-12-16 A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea Hyun, Hee Jae Kim, Eun-Min Park, So Yeon Jung, Jun-Oh Chai, Jong-Yil Hong, Sung-Tae J Korean Med Sci Case Report This report describes clinical and parasitological findings of an 82-yr-old female patient who lived in a local rural village and suffered from severe chronic anemia for several years. She was transferred to the National Police Hospital in Seoul for management of severe dyspnea and dizziness. At admission, she showed symptoms or signs of severe anemia. Gastroduodenoscopy observed hyperemic mucosa of the duodenum and discovered numerous moving roundworms on the mucosa. Endoscopy isolated seven of them, which were identified as Necator americanus by characteristic morphology of cutting plates in the buccal cavity. The patient was treated with albendazole and supportive measures for anemia, and her physical condition much improved. This case suggests the possibility that hookworm N. americanus is still transmitted in a remote local mountainous area in Korea. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2010-12 2010-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2995237/ /pubmed/21165298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2010.25.12.1802 Text en © 2010 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hyun, Hee Jae Kim, Eun-Min Park, So Yeon Jung, Jun-Oh Chai, Jong-Yil Hong, Sung-Tae A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea |
title | A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea |
title_full | A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea |
title_fullStr | A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea |
title_short | A Case of Severe Anemia by Necator americanus Infection in Korea |
title_sort | case of severe anemia by necator americanus infection in korea |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21165298 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2010.25.12.1802 |
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