CLONORCHIASIS SINENSIS: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND DIAGNOSIS
Authors: L EHRENWORTH, R A DANIELS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 August 1958CLONORCHIASIS SINENSIS: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND DIAGNOSISLIONEL EHRENWORTH, M.D., RICHARD A. DANIELS, M.D.LIONEL EHRENWORTH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD A. DANIELS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-2-419 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChinese medicine has had many lessons for Western observers,1 some of the most interesting having been in the various parasitic diseases. During the last several years a number of papers have appeared, particularly in the foreign literature, regarding the diagnosis and therapy of human clonorchiasis. The purpose here will be to clarify the clinical picture as seen in two large teaching hospitals in this country, and to discuss the newer diagnostic technics.Endemic areas of heavy human infestation are Japan, Tonkin Indo-China and the Kwongtong Province of South China.2, 3The incidence of human infestation has been estimated to be...Bibliography1. Snapper I: Chinese lessons to Western medicine, 1951, Interscience Publishers, New York. Google Scholar2. EdelmanSpingarn MHCL: Clonorchiasis in the United States, J. A. M. A. 140: 1147, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. CraigFaust CFEC: Clinical parasitology, 5th Ed., 1951, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 524. Google Scholar4. FaustShaw ECOK: Studies on Clonorchis sinensis (Cobbold), Monograph Series No. 8, Am. J. Hyg. 1927, p. 285. Google Scholar5. Hou PC: The pathology of Clonorchis sinensis infestation of the liver, J. Path. and Bact. 70: 53, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. CraneBushChung PSOBWP: Treatment of clonorchiasis with chloroquine and methiscol, Tr. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 49: 68, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. ChungWengHou HLHCTC: Immunodiagnosis and chemotherapy of Clonorchis sinensis , Chinese M. J. 73: 1, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. ChinLeiWang KYATTY: Primary mucous carcinoma of the liver associated with Clonorchis sinensis infection, Chinese M. J. 73: 26-35 (Jan.) 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. GermerYongSchulzeJeltschOrrahood WDMNWRMD: Clinical aspects of clonorchiasis, Ztschr. Hyg. 141: 132, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Basneuvo JG: Therapy with chloroquine and emetine, Rev. Kuba Med. Trop. 11: 5, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. SwohnGaultMorrison WAESLM: Rare case of primary liver carcinoma in liver fluke disease (Clonorchis sinensis), Am. J. Digest. Dis. 4: 789, 1938. Google Scholar12. Hoeppli R: Histological changes in the liver of sixty-six Chinese infected with Clonorchis sinensis , Chinese M. J. 47: 1125, 1933. Google Scholar13. Kobayashi H: On the life history and morphology of the liver distome (Clonorchis sinensis), Mitt. Med. Fachsch. Keijo, 1917, 34 pp. Google Scholar14. Shih-Huei C: Chloroquine in the treatment of clonorchiasis: a report of 90 cases, Chinese M. J. 75: 473, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. AugustineIsenberg DLHJ: Clonorchiasis in Caucasians living in Greater Boston, Am. J. Trop. Med. 30: 871, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. Basnuevo JG: Cloroquina y clonorchiasis, Rev. Kuba Med. Trop. 5: 105, 1949. Google Scholar17. FuMa HHKC: Chloroquine in the treatment of clonorchiasis, Chinese M. J. 71: 136, 1953. Google Scholar18. Sadun EH: Studies on Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand, Am. J. Hyg. 62: 81, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 17, 1957.From the Departments of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, and the Veterans Administration Hospital, Bronx, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Richard A. Daniels, M.D., The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClonorchiasis in New York City ChineseDaten zur Schallgeschwindigkeit durch Eigenfrequenzmessung im kHz-Bereich Teil I: Eine einfache Formel und eine genaue Versuchsmethode zur Messung von Schallgeschwindigkeiten an Werkstoffen mit unterschiedlicher technologischer VorbehandlungClonorchiasis 1 August 1958Volume 49, Issue 2Page: 419-427KeywordsEosinophiliaHospital medicinePancreatitisParasitic diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...