Eosinophilic Liver Abscess: A Case of Locally Acquired Fasciola hepatica in Alberta, Canada

King T.; Cabada M.M.; Kowalewska-Grochowska K.; Vaughan S.D. · Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2024) · DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae101

Resumen

Fasciola hepatica is a trematode causing acute and chronic infection. A 33-year-old Canadian woman with eosinophilic liver abscesses and no relevant travel was diagnosed with F hepatica infection. F hepatica is reported in livestock in Alberta. This is the first case of locally acquired fascioliasis in Canada in >100 years. © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia