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Review
. 2020;17(5):330-337.
doi: 10.1007/s10405-020-00336-3. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

[Rare parasitic infections of the lung]

[Article in German]
V Hermanns  1 , H Flick  2 , T Lingscheid  1
Affiliations
Review

[Rare parasitic infections of the lung]

[Article in German]
V Hermanns et al. Pneumologe (Berl). 2020.

Abstract
in English, German

Pulmonary parasitic infections occur worldwide; however, in Germany, these infections are rarely considered as the primary diagnosis due to their infrequent incidence. Parasitic infections of the lungs can present with a variety of pulmonary manifestations. Therefore, these infections should be considered relevant in cases of unclear diagnostic findings or failure to respond to treatment in order to identify these potentially curable diseases as soon as possible.

Pulmonale parasitäre Infektionen kommen weltweit vor, werden jedoch aufgrund der Seltenheit in Deutschland in den wenigsten Fällen differenzialdiagnostisch in Betracht gezogen. Parasitäre Lungenerkrankungen können unterschiedlichste pulmonale Manifestationen hervorrufen und sollten bei unklaren Befunden oder fehlendem Therapieansprechen differenzialdiagnostisch mit bedacht werden, um diese heilbaren Erkrankungen so früh wie möglich zu erkennen.

Keywords: Echinococcus granulosus; Entamoeba histolytica; Larva migrans; Lung diseases, parasitic; Toxocara canis.

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