Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Letter
Foodborne Trematodiasis and Opisthorchis felineus Acquired in Italy
Table
Clinical parameters and results of opisthorchiasis diagnostic tests for 3 Dutch travelers after visiting Tuscany, Italy, in 2011*
Patient | Symptom severity | Eosinophilia | Liver enzyme level | Microscopy finding | Fasciola spp. † |
Opisthorchis felineus real-time PCR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IFA IgG | ELISA IgG | ||||||
Index patient | Severe | Present | Elevated | Opisthorchis egg | 1:128 | <1:40 | Positive, Ct 24.7 |
Travel companion 1 | Moderate | Present | Elevated | Opisthorchis egg | 1:64 | <1:40 | Positive, Ct 25.1 |
Travel companion 2 | Moderate | Present | Elevated | Negative | <1:32 | 1:160 | Negative |
*IFA, immunofluorescence assay; Ct, cycle threshold.
†Cut-off values for Fasciola spp. serology: IFA IgG 1:40, ELISA IgG 1:32.
1Current affiliation: St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands.