Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Dispatch
Human Trichinosis after Consumption of Soft-Shelled Turtles, Taiwan
Table 1
Clinical characteristics and results of serologic assays of 8 case-patients with Trichinella infection, Taiwan, 2008
Patient no./group | Age, y/ sex | Incubation period, d | Symptoms | Eosinophils, cells/μL | Acute-phase titer† |
Convalescent-phase titer‡ |
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T. spiralis | T. pseudospiralis | T. spiralis | T. pseudospiralis | ||||||
1/A | 60/M | 7 | Fever, myalgia, malaise | 6,825 | 25,600 | 25,600 | 51,200 | 51,200 | |
2/A | 52/M | 6 | Fever, myalgia, malaise, periorbital swelling, leg swelling | 3,815 | 800 | 400 | 51,200 | 51,200 | |
3/A | 57/M | 14 | Myalgia, malaise, trismus, tremor | 2,713 | NA* | NA | 12,800 | 12,800 | |
4/A | 57/F | 8 | Fever, chills, dyspnea, myalgia, malaise, trismus, tremor, periorbital swelling | 5,055 | NA | NA | 51,200 | 51,200 | |
5/A | 62/M | 15 | Fever, myalgia, malaise | 1,421 | 3,200 | 1,600 | 51,200 | 51,200 | |
6/B | 52/M | 8 | Fever | 4,461 | 12,800 | 6,400 | 51,200 | 25,600 | |
7/B | 57/M | 7 | Fever, myalgia, leg swelling, periorbital swelling, skin rash | 8,505 | 12,800 | 12,800 | 25,600 | 12,800 | |
8/B | 47/M | 8 | Fever, myalgia | NA | NA | NA | 25,600 | 25,600 |
*NA, not applicable.
†Weeks 3–5 postexposure.
‡Weeks 7–9 postexposure.
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