Table 3.
Clinical features of 78 imported cases of schistosomiasis mansoni in China from 1979 to 2019.
| Features | Symptoms and signs | Number of positive cases | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical manifestation | Weakness | 52 | 66.67 |
| Fever | 46 | 58.97 | |
| Diarrhea | 43 | 55.12 | |
| Abdominal pain | 30 | 38.46 | |
| Mucous and bloody stool | 19 | 24.36 | |
| Sweating | 15 | 19.23 | |
| No symptoms | 3 | 3.85 | |
| Physical examination | Hepatomegaly | 45 | 57.69 |
| Splenomegaly with moderate stiffness | 10 | 12.82 | |
| Symptoms of the nervous system | 2 | 2.56 | |
| Rash | 1 | 1.28 | |
| Laboratory tests | Eosinophilia | 71 | 91.03 |
| Positive fecal occult blood test | 2 | 2.56 | |
| Imaging features | Diffuse miliary nodule shadows in both lungs, hepatic cirrhosis, splenomegaly, sigmoid colon and rectum wall thickening | 1 | 1.28 |
| Definitive diagnosis | Identification of Schistosoma mansoni eggs in stool samples or miracidia hatched from stool samples | 69 | 88.46 |
| Detection of Schistosoma mansoni eggs using rectal mucosal biopsy | 11 | 14.10 |