Hookworm With Hypereosinophilia: Atypical Presentation of a Typical Disease. Issue 4 (27th May 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Verboeket, Sebastiaan O.; van den Berk, Guido E. L.; Arends, Joop E.; van Dam, Alje P.; Peringa, Jan; Jansen, Rogier R.
• Is Part Of: Journal of travel medicine. Volume 20:Issue 4(2013)
• Page Start: 265
• Page End: 267
• Publication Date: 2013-05-27
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medicine, Preventive -- Periodicals; Travel -- Periodicals; 613.6805
• DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1195-1982

Abstract

Abstract : We describe a 55‐year‐old man returning from the Philippines infected with a hookworm, the novel bacterium Laribacter hongkongensis, and a Blastocystis hominis and presenting with both gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms. The high eosinophilia caused by the hookworm infection resulted in both gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, resembling a hypereosinophilic syndrome.