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Case Reports
. 2011 Feb 21;194(4):199-200.
doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03772.x.

First report of human anisakidosis in Australia

Shokoofeh Shamsi  1 , Andrew R Butcher
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Case Reports

First report of human anisakidosis in Australia

Shokoofeh Shamsi et al. Med J Aust. .

Abstract

We present the first human case of anisakidosis acquired from eating locally caught fish in Australia. A 41-year-old woman experienced gastrointestinal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea of increasing severity over 3 weeks. All symptoms resolved spontaneously after a worm was passed in her faeces. Microscopic examination showed that it was a Contracaecum species larva of the family Anisakidae. Anisakidosis should be considered in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms who have recently eaten seafood.

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