Disseminated toxocariasis in an immunocompetent host

作     者：Madan Raj Aryal Paras Karmacharya Amrit Pokharel Smith Giri Ranjan Pathak Richard Alweis 

作者机构：Department of MedicineReading Health SystemPA 19611USA Department of MedicineTribhuvan University Teaching HospitalKathmanduNepal Department of MedicineUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterTN 38163USA 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第10期

页      面：838-840页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Toxocariasis Toxocara canis Mebendazole Albendazole 

摘      要：Toxocariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by Toxocara canis,or less commonly,Toxocara cati,which is one of the most common zoonotic infections *** commonly affects the pediatric and immunocompromised population;however,it has rarely been reported in the immunocompetent *** of the well-recognized syndromes in children are visceral larva migrans and ocular larva *** in adults usually ranges from asymptomatic to nonspecific symptoms which makes the diagnosis challenging.A case of 36 year-old male was presented with disseminated toxocariasis with pulmonary and hepatic involvement and striking peripheral eosinophilia.