Disseminated Metacestode Versteria Species Infection in Woman, Pennsylvania, USA

Disseminated Metacestode Versteria Species Infection in Woman, Pennsylvania, USA

A patient in Pennsylvania, USA, with common variable immunodeficiency sought care for fever, cough, and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed lesions involving multiple organs. Liver resection demonstrated necrotizing granulomas, recognizable tegument, and calcareous corpuscles indicative of an invasive...

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Main Authors: Bethany Lehman, Sixto M. Leal, Gary W. Procop, Elise O’Connell, Jahangheer Shaik, Theodore E. Nash, Thomas B. Nutman, Stephen Jones, Stephanie Braunthal, Shetal N. Shah, Michael W. Cruise, Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, Jona Banzon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cestoda
parasite
agammaglobulinemia
Versteria
cestode
Taenia
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/7/19-0223_article
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Summary:A patient in Pennsylvania, USA, with common variable immunodeficiency sought care for fever, cough, and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed lesions involving multiple organs. Liver resection demonstrated necrotizing granulomas, recognizable tegument, and calcareous corpuscles indicative of an invasive cestode infection. Sequencing revealed 98% identity to a Versteria species of cestode found in mink.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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