Successful Treatment with Praziquantel of Six Patients Infected with the African Lung Fluke, Paragonimus Uterobilateralis

Mark H. Monson Curran Lutheran Hospital, Bong Mine Medical Center, Liberia Research Unit of the Bernhard Nocht-Institut für Schiffs und Tropenkrankheiten, Zorzor, Liberia

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Juergen W. Koenig Curran Lutheran Hospital, Bong Mine Medical Center, Liberia Research Unit of the Bernhard Nocht-Institut für Schiffs und Tropenkrankheiten, Zorzor, Liberia

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Ruediger Sachs Curran Lutheran Hospital, Bong Mine Medical Center, Liberia Research Unit of the Bernhard Nocht-Institut für Schiffs und Tropenkrankheiten, Zorzor, Liberia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.371
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Volume 32: Issue 2
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371–375
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Six cases of human paragonimiasis (Paragonimus uterobilateralis) are documented from Liberia and Guinea. These are the first cases reported from these countries. Paragonimiasis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any West African patient who presents with hemoptysis. Praziquantel was used successfully to treat these patients, and may be the drug of choice for P. uterobilateralis infections.

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Copyright © 1983 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1983
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30 Jun 1982
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Published Online:
Mar 1983
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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