| sparganum proliferum: an overview of its structure and ultrastructure. | a detailed study of the structure and ultrastructure of sparganum proliferum was made possible for the first time thanks to the successful in vitro and in vivo maintenance of this rare parasite. although s. proliferum exhibits many of the classical tegumental and parenchymal structures previously described for other larval cestodes, these are either arranged in a distinct fashion or, in some cases, may be completely different. among the latter and of special interest are the single or multiple p ... | 1992 | 1399248 |
| maintenance of sparganum proliferum in vitro and in experimental animals. | successful in vitro and in vivo maintenance of sparganum proliferum is described for the first time. various experimental animals including hamsters, mice and a monkey were evaluated. albino mice inoculated either subcutaneously or intraperitoneally allowed the survival and multiplication of larvae for as long as 72 weeks. intensity of infection was proportional to the length of exposure; however, the number of larvae collected from inoculated animals varied widely when infection lasted for 6 or ... | 1992 | 1428516 |
| [immunological screening of clonorchiasis]. | crude antigens of clonorchis sinensis adult worms were purified by sephadex g-200 column chromatography. a purified antigen was then applied to detect clonorchiasis patients and parasite-free subjects by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and an intradermal test (idt). the results of the elisa showed that specific antibody levels of igg, igm, iga, ige and total ige in 371 infected patients were significantly higher than those of 181 parasite-free subjects (student's t-test, p less than ... | 1990 | 1973711 |
| human proliferative sparganosis. a new japanese case. | human proliferative sparganosis is a rare parasitic disease in which the larval cestodes of unknown species proliferate in the various organs in the whole body. the authors describe a patient with innumerable parasites in the buttock and pelvic bone. the parasites were of globular or egg-like forms, up to 3 mm in diameter. histologically, the wavy tegument, a few layers of epidermal cells, underdeveloped muscle cells, excretory channels, and calcareous corpuscles were found in the parasites. the ... | 1990 | 2196778 |
| [a case of proliferative sparganosis associated with pie syndrome and pulmonary embolism]. | a 48-year-old man was admitted because of ischialgia. the ct scanning revealed tumors in the right pelvic cavity and the gluteal muscle. the bodies of sparganum proliferum and granulation tissues were revealed by the tumor biopsy. in this hospital course, the chest roentgenogram revealed patchy infiltrative shadows in both lungs and left pleural effusion while chest ct scanning revealed multiple nodular shadows. eosinophils increased in the peripheral blood and transbronchial lung biopsy (tblb) ... | 1989 | 2630773 |
| sparganum proliferum, a sparganum infected with a virus? | | 1974 | 4360813 |
| proliferating larval cestode in a man in paraguay. a case report and review. | large tumors removed from the lower abdomen and pleural cavity of a 24-year-old male amerindian in paraguay consisted mainly of multitudes of minute, proliferating, acephalic cestode larvae embedded in fibrous tissue. the parasite resembled sparganum proliferum stiles 1908 but was markedly less differentiated. from a review of the literature and examination of available reference material, it is concluded that in addition to the present one there are eight well documented cases of proliferating ... | 1981 | 6789689 |
| human proliferative sparganosis in venezuela: report of a case. | a case of human proliferative sparganosis, the first in the southern hemisphere, is reported. the patient had multiple nodular, papular, acne-like lesions, gynecomastia, and large subcutaneous abscesses. laboratory findings showed that he also had severe anemia of the type associated with infection and chronic diseases, leukocytosis, eosinophilia, and severe hypoalbuminemia and hypergammaglobulinemia. his cellular and humoral immune responses were unaltered. new aspects on the functional repercu ... | 1982 | 7072899 |
| phylogenetic identification of sparganum proliferum as a pseudophyllidean cestode by the sequence analyses on mitochondrial coi and nuclear sdhb genes. | sparganum proliferum is a larval cestode for which the adult stage is unknown. it is characterized by the continuous branching and budding when parasitized to humans, and causes fatal human sparganosis. however, the biological features of s. proliferum, including its taxonomic status, still remain obscure. our previous investigation suggested that s. proliferum might be phylogenetically distinct from spirometra erinaceieuropaei, by the analysis on mitochondrial nadh dehydrogenase subunit 3 (nd3) ... | 2001 | 11438431 |
| some aspects of human sparganosis in korea. | human sparganosis in korea was discussed on the bases of five human cases experienced by the present authors and 58 case records already reported by many previous authors, in aspects of epidemiology and clinical features. sparganosis is not infrequent tissue helminthiasis now in korea and the incidence has been evidently increased during past 10 years. it might be interpreted that improved medical delivery system and health care exposed the hidden but prevalent disease. the distribution of sparg ... | 1975 | 12913468 |
| intraspecific variation of spirometra erinaceieuropaei and phylogenetic relationship between spirometra and diphyllobothrium inferred from mitochondrial co1 gene sequences. | spirometra erinaceieuropaei is a diphyllobothriid cestode whose adult stage occurs mainly in cat-like carnivores, but occasionally in canids and humans. although it is generally accepted that the distribution of s. erinaceieuropaei is cosmopolitan, it is controversial as to whether all of s. erinaceieuropaei reported are the same species. this study determined partial sequences of the co1 gene from several isolates in asian countries and compared them to sequence data from the genbank/embl/ddbj ... | 2007 | 17482507 |
| proliferative sparganosis in a dog. | a 21-month-old spayed female border collie was examined because of progressive right forelimb lameness, signs of pain, and subcutaneous edema. the dog lived in a fenced yard in tampa, fla, that contained a small area of marshy terrain. | 2008 | 19046035 |
| disseminated infection caused by sparganum proliferum in an aids patient. | | 2010 | 20546351 |
| proliferative peritonitis with larval and cystic parasitic stages in a dog. | a six year old labrador mix dog, born in spain, was imported to germany in young age. after a period of vague abdominal pain and negative laboratory results, the dog was referred to a local veterinary clinic for laparotomy, where the tentative diagnosis of echinococcus alveolaris was made and the dog was euthanized. at necropsy, many cystic structures and a massive proliferative peritonitis were visible. furthermore a few solid larval cestodal stages were found in the peritoneal and chest cavity ... | 2010 | 20858742 |
| rapid identification of nine species of diphyllobothriidean tapeworms by pyrosequencing. | the identification of diphyllobothriidean tapeworms (cestoda: diphyllobothriidea) that infect humans and intermediate/paratenic hosts is extremely difficult due to their morphological similarities, particularly in the case of diphyllobothrium and spirometra species. a pyrosequencing method for the molecular identification of pathogenic agents has recently been developed, but as of yet there have been no reports of pyrosequencing approaches that are able to discriminate among diphyllobothriidean ... | 2016 | 27853295 |
| molecular identification of spirometra spp. (cestoda: diphyllobothriidae) in some wild animals from brazil. | species of the genus spirometra are diphyllobothriid tapeworms with complex life cycles and are involved in human sparganosis, a neglected disease that affects individuals worldwide. although some species were reported in wild felids and human cases of sparganosis were described in brazil, the biology and taxonomy of these parasites are poorly understood. in the present study, samples of diphyllobothriids (eggs and/or proglottids) obtained from the stools of wild carnivores (leopardus pardalis a ... | 2016 | 27235572 |
| travel-acquired subcutaneous sparganum proliferum infection diagnosed by molecular methods. | | 2014 | 24124973 |
| case report: molecular diagnosis of subcutaneous spirometra erinaceieuropaei sparganosis in a japanese immigrant. | we report a case of subcutaneous sparganosis in a 68-year-old female japanese immigrant in germany. the patient complained of a painless erythema caudal of the umbilicus with a palpable subcutaneous cherry-sized lump. polymerase chain reaction on formalin-fixed parasite tissue identified spirometra erinaceieuropaei as the causative agent; the proliferative form of sparganosis, which is caused by the branching and disseminating sparganum proliferum, could, thus, be excluded. from the excised spar ... | 2013 | 23166198 |