Yee B, Hsu J I, Favour C B, Lohne E
Department of Medicine, Valley Medical Center, Fresno, CA 93702.
West J Med. 1992 Apr;156(4):423-5.
We describe four cases of pulmonary paragonimiasis in Southeast Asians who emigrated to the central San Joaquin Valley of California. Physicians should be alerted to the possibility of this disease in Asian patients with hemoptysis and pulmonary infiltrates. Paragonimiasis can masquerade as pulmonary tuberculosis, especially in patients from areas that are endemic for both the parasite and the tubercle bacillus. The ease and safety with which this infection can be treated, in contrast to tuberculosis, reiterates the importance of diagnosing this lung fluke when it is present.
我们描述了4例移民到加利福尼亚州圣华金河谷中部的东南亚人患肺吸虫病的病例。医生应警惕亚洲咯血和肺部浸润患者患此病的可能性。肺吸虫病可能会伪装成肺结核，尤其是在寄生虫和结核杆菌均为地方病流行地区的患者中。与肺结核相比，这种感染易于治疗且安全性高，这再次强调了在存在这种肺吸虫时进行诊断的重要性。
