Choi Dongil, Lim Jae Hoon, Choi Dong-Chull, Paik Seung Woon, Kim Sun-Hee, Huh Sun
Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2008 Sep;46(3):139-43. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.3.139.
Ingestion of raw animal liver has been suggested as a possible mode of infection of human toxocariasis. We evaluated the relationship between toxocariasis and the ingestion of raw meat in patients with eosinophilia of unknown etiology. The study population consisted of 120 patients presenting with peripheral blood eosinophilia (>500 cells/microliter or >10% of the white blood cell count). They were divided into 2 groups: 104 seropositive patients based on a Toxocara excretory-secretory IgG ELISA and 16 seronegative patients. While 25.0% of seronegative patients had a recent history of eating raw cow liver, 87.5% of seropositive patients had this history. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that a recent history of eating raw cow liver was related to an increased risk of toxocariasis. Collectively, it is proposed that raw cow liver is a significant infection source of toxocariasis in the patients with eosinophilia of unknown etiology.
食用生动物肝脏被认为是人类弓蛔虫病可能的感染途径。我们评估了病因不明的嗜酸性粒细胞增多症患者中弓蛔虫病与食用生肉之间的关系。研究人群包括120例外周血嗜酸性粒细胞增多（>500个细胞/微升或>白细胞计数的10%）的患者。他们被分为两组：基于弓蛔虫排泄分泌IgG ELISA检测的104例血清阳性患者和16例血清阴性患者。血清阴性患者中有25.0%近期有食用生牛肝的病史，而血清阳性患者中有87.5%有此病史。多变量统计分析表明，近期食用生牛肝的病史与弓蛔虫病风险增加有关。总体而言，有人提出生牛肝是病因不明的嗜酸性粒细胞增多症患者弓蛔虫病的重要感染源。
