Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Palm Beach Children's Hospital, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 15;63(10):1357-1359. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw543. Epub 2016 Aug 7.
A case of acanthocephaliasis in an 18-month-old child caused by Macracanthorhynchus ingens is reported from Florida. This represents only the third documented case of this species in a human host. An overview of human cases of acanthocephaliasis in the literature is presented, along with a review of the biology, clinical manifestations and pathology in the human host, morphology, and diagnosis.
本文报告了佛罗里达州一例由巨刺棘头虫引起的 18 个月大儿童棘头虫病。这是该物种在人类宿主中被记录的第三例。本文综述了文献中的人类棘头虫病病例,并回顾了人类宿主中的生物学、临床表现和病理学、形态学和诊断。