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. 2025 Jul 27;13(8):e70653.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70653. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Multiparasitism in Spain in a Korean Visiting Friends and Relatives: Case Report and Review of Imported Cases of Clonorchis sinensis in Europe

Paola Cociancic  1 , Jacklyn Comas  1   2 , J Guillermo Esteban  1
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Multiparasitism in Spain in a Korean Visiting Friends and Relatives: Case Report and Review of Imported Cases of Clonorchis sinensis in Europe

Paola Cociancic et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

We report a case of imported Clonorchis sinensis infection under the modality of "visiting friends and relatives." Clonorchis was not diagnosed initially, and a second stool sample was necessary. It is important that health personnel collect detailed information from the patient and be trained in parasitological diagnosis of imported infections.

Keywords: Clonorchis sinensis; Europe; imported diseases; travel‐associated infections.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Parasite structures of protozoans, stained with Lugol, detected in the patient: (A) Entamoeba coli cyst; (B) Giardia intestinalis cysts; (C) Blastocystis sp. vacuolar trophozoites (bar: 10 μm).
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Clonorchis sinensis eggs: (A) egg showing the operculum, the small knob at the abopercular end, and the miracidium; (B) egg showing the eggshell surface at light microscopy (bar: 30 μm).
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