Shad J A, Lee Y R
Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Calif. 92134-1005, USA.
South Med J. 2001 Jan;94(1):78-80.
Pancreatitis is a common disease in the United States, with the most likely etiologies being biliary tract disease and alcohol use. Infections with parasites such as Ascaris lumbricoides comprise a small percentage of pancreatitis cases in the United States, but they are a common etiology in developing countries. In the United States, the incidence of pancreatic and biliary ascariasis has been increasing because of the migration of people from endemic countries, as well as increased travel by Americans to such countries. Patients treated for this roundworm can have reinvasion for the same reasons. We report the case of a patient with two episodes of pancreatitis due to A. lumbricoides 2 years apart.
胰腺炎在美国是一种常见疾病，最可能的病因是胆道疾病和酒精使用。像蛔虫这样的寄生虫感染在美国胰腺炎病例中占比很小，但在发展中国家却是常见病因。在美国，由于来自流行国家的人口迁移以及美国人前往这些国家旅行的增加，胰腺和胆道蛔虫病的发病率一直在上升。因这种蛔虫接受治疗的患者可能因相同原因再次感染。我们报告了一例患者，其在两年内两次因蛔虫引发胰腺炎。
