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

Author:

King Teagan1,Cabada Miguel M23,Kowalewska-Grochowska Kinga4,Vaughan Stephen D1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Calgary , Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta , Canada

2. University of Texas Medical Branch , Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas , USA

3. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Lima , Peru

4. University of Alberta , Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, Edmonton, Alberta , Canada

Abstract

Abstract 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.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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