Eosinophilic Myocarditis Associated with Visceral Larva Migrans Caused by Toxocara Canis Infection

A 41-year-old woman who was diagnosed with myocarditis presented eosinophilia. Since the antibody against Toxocara canis (T. canis) was positive, we diagnosed that she had visceral larva migrans due to T. canis associated with myocarditis. She was treated with oral albendazole and prednisolone for t...

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Autores principales: Kim, Ji Hee, Chung, Woo-Baek, Chang, Kyung-Yoon, Ko, Sun-Young, Park, Mi-Hee, Sa, Young-Kyoung, Choi, Yun-Seok, Park, Chul-Soo, Lee, Man-Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.150
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Sumario:A 41-year-old woman who was diagnosed with myocarditis presented eosinophilia. Since the antibody against Toxocara canis (T. canis) was positive, we diagnosed that she had visceral larva migrans due to T. canis associated with myocarditis. She was treated with oral albendazole and prednisolone for two weeks, eosinophil count and hepatic enzymes were normalized after completion of treatment. This is the first report of myocarditis caused by T. canis infection in Korea.

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