TY - JOUR AU - Gaire, Deepshikha AU - Sharma, Santosh AU - Poudel, Kumar AU - Pant, Pankaj PY - 2017/06/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Unresolving Pneumonia with Pleural effusion: Pulmonary Paragonimiasis JF - Journal of Nepal Medical Association JA - J Nepal Med Assoc VL - 56 IS - 206 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.31729/jnma.3154 UR - https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/3154 SP - AB - <p>Paragonimiasis is a zoonosis caused by many species of Paragonimus commonly P. <em>westermani</em>. Human get infected by eating raw, salted, pickled, smoked, partially cooked crustaceans (crayfish or crabs). Clinical manifestations ranges from non-specific symptoms like pain abdomen, diarrhea, urticarial rashes, fever to pleuropulmonary symptoms like cough, hemoptysis, chest pain and dyspnea. 48 yrs, female presented at TUTH emergency with fever on and off for 9 months, cough and shortness of breath for 3 months, lethargy, malaise and urticaria with history of raw crab intake one month prior to the onset of symptoms. Blood and pleural fluid analysis revealed raised total counts with eosinophilia and x-ray showed bilateral infiltration of lower lobes with pleural effusion. Diagnosis was confirmed by microscopic examination of sputum for Paragonimus. She responded well to Praziquantel. Pulmonary paragonimiasis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of unresolving pneumonia and unexplained hypereosinophilia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>[<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=28746328">PubMed</a>]</strong></p> ER -