Rare Case of Echinostoma cinetorchis Infection, South Korea

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 1726 - 1729
• Main Authors: Hong, Sooji, Shin, Hyejoo, Lee, Yoon-Hee, Hong, Sung-Jong, Kim, So-Ri, Kim, Youn-Kyoung, Son, Young-Jin, Song, Jeong-Gil, Chai, Jong-Yil, Jung, Bong-Kwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-08-2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Case studies; Causes of; Colonoscopy; Echinostoma - genetics; Echinostoma - isolation & purification; Echinostoma cinetorchis; Echinostomiasis - diagnosis; Echinostomiasis - drug therapy; Echinostomiasis - parasitology; Endoscopy; enteric infections; Female; Fluke infections; Gastrointestinal diseases; Health promotion; Humans; Infection, South Korea; Infections; Internal medicine; Medical research; Middle Aged; molecular identification; Mollusks; parasites; Phylogeny; Rare Case of; Republic of Korea; Research centers; Research Letter; Testes; Worms; zoonoses; Republic of Korea; South Korea; Seoul South Korea; South Korea; molecular identification; enteric infections; parasites; zoonoses; colonoscopy; Echinostoma cinetorchis
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3008.240289

A woman in South Korea who underwent a colonoscopy for occasional gastrointestinal discomfort had 4 adult flukes of Echinostoma cinetorchis showing 37 collar spines around the oral sucker recovered from the terminal ileum through the ascending colon. Partial gene sequencing showed high identity with E. cinetorchis.