• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.115-117
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• 2013

Pseudoterranova decipiens larva is a rare cause of anisakiasis. Indeed, prior to the present study, there had been only 12 reports of larval P. decipiens infection in the Republic of Korea. In June 2011, an anisakid larva, 32.1 mm in length and 0.88 mm in width, and finally identified as the third stage larva of P. decipiens owing to the presence of an intestinal cecum but lacking ventricular appendage, was discovered in a 61-year-old woman during the course of endoscopy executed as a part of routine physical examinations. The patient had eaten raw a rockfish 13 hr prior to the endoscopy, but showed no symptoms of anisakiasis. This paper is the 13th report of P. decipiens infection in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.47-49
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• 1999

A case of Pseudoterranova decipiens infection was found in a 43-year-old man by gastroendoscopic examination on August 20, 1996. On August 6, 1996, he visited a local clinic, complaining of epigastric pain two days after eating raw marine fishes. Although the symptoms were relieved soon, endoscopic examination was done for differential diagnosis. A white, live nematode larva was removed from the fundus of the stomach. The larva was $38.3{\times}1.0{\;}mm$ in size and had a cecum reaching to the mid-level of the ventriculus. A lot of transverse striations were regularly arranged on the cuticle of its body surface, but the boring tooth and mucron were not observed at both ends of the worm. The worm was identified as the 4th stage larva of P. decipiens.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.206-209
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• 2002

2002년 2월부터 3월까지 오레건 주에 위치한 오레건 해안 수조와 뉴포트 어시장으로부터 16마리의 볼락류 Sebastes spp.를 채집하여 검사한 결과, 3종의 볼락류로부터 총 157개체의 아니사키스 유충이 검출되었으며 50.0%의 감염률을 나타내었다. 3종의 볼락류인 Sebastes flavidus, S. crameri, S. pinniger로부터 Anisakis simplex유충 110 개체, Contracaecum app. 유충 30개체 그리고 Pseudoteryanova decipiens 유충 17개체가 각각 검출되었다. 아니사키스 유충의 감염부위는 장관, 장간막과 위벽이었다. A. simplex 유충은 S. crameri에서 60%, S. flavidus와 S. pinniger에서 각각 33.3%의 감염률을 나타내었다. Contracaecum spp. 유충과 P. decipiens 유충은 S. pinniger에서 33.3％의 감염률을 나타내었다. A. simplex 유충의 감염강도는 5. flavidus, S. crameri 그리고 S. pinniger에서 1에서 87이었고 Contracaecum spp.유충과 P. decipiens 유충은 S. pinniger에서 0에서 30까지 나타내었다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.193-196
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• 2001

We report a case of gastric pseudoterranoviasis proven by gastrofiberscopy on Dec. 13, 1994. The 34-year-old male patient, residing in Chungju-shi, was admitted to Konkuk University Hospital complaining of prickling epigastric pain. The symptoms suddenly attacked him two days after eating raw marine fish at Chonan-shi. By the gastrofiberscopic examination, a long white-yellowish nematode was found from the fundus region of stomach. The worm was $34.50{\;}{\times}{\;}0.84{\;}{\;}mm$ in size. and was identified as a 3rd stage larva of Pseudoterranova decipiens judging from the position of the intestinal cecum. This is the 12th confirmed case of human pseudoterranoviasis in Korea.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.53-56
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• 1994

1991년 4월 23일에 심한 상복부통을 주소로 부산 백병원 내과를 찾아온 42세 가정주부에 대한 내시경 검사에서 위벽을 뚫고 있는 아니사키스 유충 1마리를 검출하였다. 환자는 내원 약 15시간 전에 우럭 회를 먹은 경험이 있었으며 회를 먹고 약 6시간 후부터 심한 상복부통이 나타났다고 하였다. 각종 검사상 특이 소견은 없었고 위 내시경 검사에서 위체 대만부 중간부위의 점막을 뚫고 있는 아니사키스 유충 1마리를 발견하여 제거하였다. 제거한 충페는 $29.73{\;}{\times}{\;}0.94{\;}mm$ 크기이었고 ventriculus 전방 115 이상 부위까지 올라오는 맹장을 가지고 있었으며 ventricular appendage는 관찰되지 않았다. 충체의 전단에서 윤곽이 뚜렷한 3개의 구순은 관찰되었으나 boring tooth는 존재하지 않았고 후단에서 mucron도 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 형태학적 특징 및 계측치를 토대로 하여 Pseudntewonon decipien (= Terranova type A) 제4기 유충인 것으로 동정하였다. 이 기생충의 국명을 물개회충으로 제안한다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.215-220
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• 2014

We analyzed 320 clinical samples of parasitic infections submitted to the Department of Environmental Biology and Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University from January 2004 to June 2011. They consisted of 211 nematode infections, 64 trematode or cestode infections, 32 protozoan infections, and 13 infections with arthropods. The nematode infections included 67 cases of trichuriasis, 62 of anisakiasis (Anisakis sp. and Pseudoterranova decipiens), 40 of enterobiasis, and 24 of ascariasis, as well as other infections including strongyloidiasis, thelaziasis, loiasis, and hookworm infecions. Among the cestode or trematode infections, we observed 27 cases of diphyllobothriasis, 14 of sparganosis, 9 of clonorchiasis, and 5 of paragonimiasis together with a few cases of taeniasis saginata, cysticercosis cellulosae, hymenolepiasis, and echinostomiasis. The protozoan infections included 14 cases of malaria, 4 of cryptosporidiosis, and 3 of trichomoniasis, in addition to infections with Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba coli, Endolimax nana, Giardia lamblia, and Toxoplasma gondii. Among the arthropods, we detected 6 cases of Ixodes sp., 5 of Phthirus pubis, 1 of Sarcoptes scabiei, and 1 of fly larva. The results revealed that trichuriasis, anisakiasis, enterobiasis, and diphyllobothriasis were the most frequently found parasitosis among the clinical samples.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.207-211
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• 2019

Anisakiasis is a zoonotic disease induced by anisakid nematodes, and endoscopic inspection is used for a diagnosis or remedy for it. Anisakis simplex, Anisakis physeteris, and Pseudoterranova decipiens had been reported to be the major species causing human infections, particularly, in Japan. However, in Korea, recent studies strongly suggested that Anisakis pegreffii is the major species of human infections. To support this suggestion, we collected anisakid larvae (n=20) from 20 human patients who were undergone gastrointestinal endoscopy at a health check-up center in Korea, and molecular identification was performed on the larvae using PCR-RFLP analysis and gene sequencing of rDNA ITS regions and mtDNA cox2. In addition, anisakid larvae (n=53) collected from the sea eel (Astroconger myriaster) were also examined for comparison with those extracted from humans. The results showed that all human samples (100%) were identified as A. pegreffii, whereas 90.7% of the samples from the sea eel were A. pegreffii with the remaining 9.3% being Hysterothylacium aduncum. Our study confirmed that A. pegreffii is the predominant species causing human anisakiasis in Korea, and this seems to be due to the predominance of this larval type in the fish (sea eels) popularly consumed by the Korean people. The possibility of human infection with H. aduncum in Korea is also suggested.