Table 1.
Patient information and clinical and diagnostic features of four Japanese traveler cases of Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection
| Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) sex (F・M) | 25・M | 26・M | 47・M | 26・M |
| Destination | Malaysia | PNG | Laos | India |
| Symptoms | Abdominal pain | Asymptomatic | Abdominal pain | Abdominal pain |
| Watery diarrhea | Watery diarrhea | Watery diarrhea | ||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 14.5 | 15.1 | 13.5 | 16.1 |
| Eosinophil count (/μL) | 3000 | 1570 | 20,470c | 7050 |
| Eggs in feces | Detected | Detected | Detected | Detected |
| Larvae isolation (Harada-Mori culture) | Succeeded | Faileda | Succeeded | Succeeded |
| Endoscopy | Capsule | Not performed | Capsule | Not performed |
| DB enteroscopy | ||||
| Adult worms isolated (total, M/F) | 11 (5 M/6 F) | 0 | 9 (3 M/6 F) | 0 |
| Treatment | Pirantel pamoate | Pirantel pamoate | Pirantel pamoate | Albendazole |
| GenBank accession number (cox1) | LC271155.1 | LC036567.1b | LC271184.1 | LC271185.1 |
| LC036568 |
aOnly single larva was obtained. Unfortunately, it had failed to grow fully into a filariform larva
bLC036567.1 shows sequences for the gene of 18S rRNA, ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2, and 28S rRNAva
cThe value at the visit to Nara Prefectural General Medical center