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• TITLE: Angiostrongylus costaricensis: Systematic Review of Case Reports

  AUTHORS: Angela Romero-Alegría, Moncef Belhassen-García, Virginia Velasco-Tirado, Ana Garcia-Mingo, Lucia Alvela-Suárez, Javier Pardo-Lledias, Miguel Cordero Sánchez

  KEYWORDS: Angiostrongylus costaricensis; Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis; Acute Abdomen; Eosinophilia

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol.4 No.1, March 5, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is an infrequently diagnosed disease because it is little known and is usually well tolerated. Methods: We carried out a systematic review with PubMed as a search engine for the MedLine database, and we analysed the clinical, epidemiological and analytical parameters of this disease. Results: In total, reports of 27 case have been found, together with a series of 116 patients, which were later augmented up to 194 patients. In the results, we have observed a predominance of male patients, and Costa Rica, Brazil and the United States as the main countries of origin. Typical symptoms include abdominal pain on the right iliac fossa, with leukocytosis and eosinophilia. Discussion: There are some serological diagnostic methods, although lack of standardization leads to most of the diagnoses being reached via pathology. Surgery is the usual treatment approach. Although there are medical options, this is a controversial subject because of the low number of cases published in the literature, which implies an absence of solid studies.