Familial Infestation of Pulmonary paragonimiasis -Report of 5 Families (Total 15 Cases)-

Sung, Keon Hyung; Lee, Kyu Taek; Shin, Dong Ho; Park, Sung Soo; Lee, Jung Hee; Kang, Wee Suk; Cho, Seung Yull

doi:1989.36.4.369

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 36(4); 1989 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1989;36(4):369-374.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1989.36.4.369 Published online December 1, 1989.

Familial Infestation of Pulmonary paragonimiasis -Report of 5 Families (Total 15 Cases)-

Keon Hyung Sung¹, Kyu Taek Lee¹, Dong Ho Shin¹, Sung Soo Park¹, Jung Hee Lee¹, Wee Suk Kang², Seung Yull Cho³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Internal Medicine, Dongboo City Hospital, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chungang University, Seoul, Korea

가족적으로 발생한 폐흡충증 (5가족예)

성건형¹, 이규택¹, 신동호¹, 박성수¹, 이정희¹, 강위석², 조승열³

Abstract

Human Paragonimiasis is caused by consumption of raw or improperly cooked crustacea infected by a larval stage (metacercaria) of the parasite. In our country, it was a highly endemic disease until the late 1960s, and after then it’s prevalence has been markedly decreased. Still, this disease is sporadically occurring and is one of the lung diseases which need differential diagnosis in Korea Perhaps, most of it’s causes is that some families have continued to ingest undercooked crabs together, and because of this common dietary exposure, the possibility of familial infestation may be suggested This report is the study which examines close relatives who have a history of ingestion of improperly cooked crabs together with patients. The result is followed. All family members (1 5 cases) are confirmed in infestation with Paragonimiasis regardless presence or absence of respiratory symptomes, who are checked with skin test , chest X-ray, serum eosinophil count, serum total IgE, and serum micro-ELISA for specific IgG against Paragonimiasis.