Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy

Large pericardial effusion (PE) and bilateral pleural effusion were found in a 4-year-old Chinese boy. An emergent surgery was performed. The biopsy showed massive eosinophil infiltration. Serologic test for Paragonimus skrjabini was positive. Postoperative praziquantel therapy was effective.

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Autores principales: Wu, Bin, Wu, Yuhao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31041346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz145
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description Large pericardial effusion (PE) and bilateral pleural effusion were found in a 4-year-old Chinese boy. An emergent surgery was performed. The biopsy showed massive eosinophil infiltration. Serologic test for Paragonimus skrjabini was positive. Postoperative praziquantel therapy was effective.
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spelling pubmed-64838022019-04-30 Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy Wu, Bin Wu, Yuhao Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report Large pericardial effusion (PE) and bilateral pleural effusion were found in a 4-year-old Chinese boy. An emergent surgery was performed. The biopsy showed massive eosinophil infiltration. Serologic test for Paragonimus skrjabini was positive. Postoperative praziquantel therapy was effective. Oxford University Press 2019-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6483802/ /pubmed/31041346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz145 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy
title Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy
title_full Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy
title_fullStr Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy
title_full_unstemmed Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy
title_short Large Pericardial Effusion Due to Paragonimiasis in a 4-Year-Old Chinese Boy
title_sort large pericardial effusion due to paragonimiasis in a 4-year-old chinese boy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31041346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz145
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