U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Unusual parasitic infection

MedGen UID:
1707246
•Concept ID:
C5139083
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0020108

Definition

An unusual parasitic infection that is regarded as a sign of a pathological susceptibility to infection by a parasite. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVUnusual parasitic infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Antibiotic Management of Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: From Prophylaxis to Unusual Infections.
Moreno-Sanchez F, Gomez-Gomez B
Curr Oncol Rep 2022 Jul;24(7):835-842. Epub 2022 Mar 22 doi: 10.1007/s11912-022-01226-y. PMID: 35316843Free PMC Article
Use of camel single-domain antibodies for the diagnosis and treatment of zoonotic diseases.
Lafaye P, Li T
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2018 Oct;60:17-22. Epub 2018 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2018.09.009. PMID: 30396425Free PMC Article
Recent updates on onchocerciasis: diagnosis and treatment.
Udall DN
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jan 1;44(1):53-60. Epub 2006 Nov 29 doi: 10.1086/509325. PMID: 17143815

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Alveolar echinococcosis in immunocompromised hosts.
Autier B, Gottstein B, Millon L, Ramharter M, Gruener B, Bresson-Hadni S, Dion S, Robert-Gangneux F
Clin Microbiol Infect 2023 May;29(5):593-599. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.12.010. PMID: 36528295
Unusual Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension.
Parente YDM, Fernandes da Silva N, Souza R
Heart Fail Clin 2023 Jan;19(1):25-33. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2022.08.021. PMID: 36435570
DNA Topoisomerases of Kinetoplastid Parasites: Brief Overview and Recent Perspectives.
Saha S, Chowdhury SR, Majumder HK
Curr Issues Mol Biol 2019;31:45-62. Epub 2019 Jun 5 doi: 10.21775/cimb.031.045. PMID: 31165719
A Brief History of APOL1: A Gene Evolving.
Friedman DJ
Semin Nephrol 2017 Nov;37(6):508-513. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2017.07.003. PMID: 29110757
Orbital cysticercosis.
Pluschke M, Bennett G
Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1998 Nov;26(4):333-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01339.x. PMID: 9843263

Diagnosis

Alveolar echinococcosis in immunocompromised hosts.
Autier B, Gottstein B, Millon L, Ramharter M, Gruener B, Bresson-Hadni S, Dion S, Robert-Gangneux F
Clin Microbiol Infect 2023 May;29(5):593-599. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.12.010. PMID: 36528295
Unusual Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension.
Parente YDM, Fernandes da Silva N, Souza R
Heart Fail Clin 2023 Jan;19(1):25-33. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2022.08.021. PMID: 36435570
Ischio-anal fossa hydatid cyst.
Abdalla KM, Al Sharie AH, ALzu'bi YO, Daoud MN, Aleshawi AJ, Gharaibeh KI
Int J Infect Dis 2020 Mar;92:181-183. Epub 2020 Jan 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.015. PMID: 31981765
Disseminated tungiasis.
Krüger GM, Loro LS, Takita LC, Hans G Filho
An Bras Dermatol 2017 Sep-Oct;92(5):727-728. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177239. PMID: 29166519Free PMC Article
Eosinophilia in Pulmonary Disorders.
Woolnough K, Wardlaw AJ
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2015 Aug;35(3):477-92. Epub 2015 Jun 18 doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.05.002. PMID: 26209896

Therapy

Unusual migration of cutaneous larva migrans.
Kestenbaum EH, Schler D, Schwartz E
J Travel Med 2022 Nov 4;29(7) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab197. PMID: 35040996
Eosinophilia in Pulmonary Disorders.
Woolnough K, Wardlaw AJ
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2015 Aug;35(3):477-92. Epub 2015 Jun 18 doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.05.002. PMID: 26209896
Recent updates on onchocerciasis: diagnosis and treatment.
Udall DN
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jan 1;44(1):53-60. Epub 2006 Nov 29 doi: 10.1086/509325. PMID: 17143815
Toxoplasmosis.
Dodds EM
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2006 Dec;17(6):557-61. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32801094ca. PMID: 17065925
Antiparasitic agents.
Rosenblatt JE
Mayo Clin Proc 1999 Nov;74(11):1161-75. doi: 10.4065/74.11.1161. PMID: 10560606

Prognosis

Scrub typhus: pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and prognosis.
Rajapakse S, Rodrigo C, Fernando D
Asian Pac J Trop Med 2012 Apr;5(4):261-4. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60036-4. PMID: 22449515
Ion and nutrient uptake by malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes.
Desai SA
Cell Microbiol 2012 Jul;14(7):1003-9. Epub 2012 Apr 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01790.x. PMID: 22432505Free PMC Article
Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism.
Jorens PG, Van Marck E, Snoeckx A, Parizel PM
Eur Respir J 2009 Aug;34(2):452-74. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00141708. PMID: 19648522
Toxoplasmosis.
Dodds EM
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2006 Dec;17(6):557-61. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32801094ca. PMID: 17065925
Orbital cysticercosis.
Pluschke M, Bennett G
Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1998 Nov;26(4):333-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01339.x. PMID: 9843263

Clinical prediction guides

Depolymerization of SUMO chains induces slender to stumpy differentiation in T. brucei bloodstream parasites.
Iribarren PA, Di Marzio LA, Berazategui MA, Saura A, Coria L, Cassataro J, Rojas F, Navarro M, Alvarez VE
PLoS Pathog 2024 Apr;20(4):e1012166. Epub 2024 Apr 18 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012166. PMID: 38635823Free PMC Article
Unusual worm-like radiopacities in the radiographs of patients with cervical spondylosis.
Chu EC, Chen AT, Chiang R, Trager R
J Med Life 2022 Nov;15(11):1449-1454. doi: 10.25122/jml-2022-0080. PMID: 36567841Free PMC Article
Ca(2+)-binding protein from Entamoeba histolytica (EhCaBP6) is a novel GTPase.
Verma D, Agarwal S, Keerthi V, Murmu A, Gourinath S, Bhattacharya A, Chary KR
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020 Jun 30;527(3):631-637. Epub 2020 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.04.141. PMID: 32423808
Schistosome feeding and regurgitation.
Skelly PJ, Da'dara AA, Li XH, Castro-Borges W, Wilson RA
PLoS Pathog 2014 Aug;10(8):e1004246. Epub 2014 Aug 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004246. PMID: 25121497Free PMC Article
Ion and nutrient uptake by malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes.
Desai SA
Cell Microbiol 2012 Jul;14(7):1003-9. Epub 2012 Apr 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01790.x. PMID: 22432505Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Challenges in the last mile of the global guinea worm eradication program.
Lemma GW, Müller O, Reñosa MD, Lu G
Trop Med Int Health 2020 Dec;25(12):1432-1440. Epub 2020 Oct 8 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13492. PMID: 32946140
Ovarian hydatid cyst - systematic review of clinicopathological and immunohistochemical characteristics of an unusual entity.
Lozneanu L, Balan RA, Giuşcă SE, Căruntu ID, Amălinei C, Grigoraş A
Rom J Morphol Embryol 2019;60(3):751-759. PMID: 31912083
Strongyloides stercoralis infection in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients and related risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ahmadpour E, Ghanizadegan MA, Razavi A, Kangari M, Seyfi R, Shahdust M, Yazdanian A, Safarpour H, Bannazadeh Baghi H, Zarean M, Hosseini SA, Norouzi R, Ebrahimi M, Bangoura B
Transbound Emerg Dis 2019 Nov;66(6):2233-2243. Epub 2019 Aug 11 doi: 10.1111/tbed.13310. PMID: 31359566
Malaria in Meghalaya: a systematic literature review and analysis of data from the National Vector-Borne Disease Control Programme.
Kessler A, van Eijk AM, Jamir L, Walton C, Carlton JM, Albert S
Malar J 2018 Nov 6;17(1):411. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2563-3. PMID: 30400879Free PMC Article
Atypical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis: A systematic review.
Meireles CB, Maia LC, Soares GC, Teodoro IPP, Gadelha MDSV, da Silva CGL, de Lima MAP
Acta Trop 2017 Aug;172:240-254. Epub 2017 May 17 doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.05.022. PMID: 28526427

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Clinical resources

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.
    • Bookshelf
      See practice and clinical guidelines in NCBI Bookshelf. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Consumer resources

    Reviews

    Related information

    • PMC Articles
      Related information in PubMed Central Links
    • PubMed
      Related literature resources in PubMed

    Recent activity

    Clear Turn Off Turn On

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...