Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Clinical and laboratory investigations of cases infected with Capillaria philippinensis in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Comparative Clinical Pathology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Capillaria philippinensis is a zoonotic intestinal parasite that emerged in the 1960s in the Philippines and appeared later causing emerging infection in Egypt. The disease caused by C. philippinensis is frequently fatal if not diagnosed and treated early and correctly. In the present study, detection of this parasite was done in Beni-Suef University Hospital by using clinical and laboratory investigations. The study was conducted from January 2010 to May 2011 and reported eight female cases of intestinal capillariasis out of 160 patients presented with chronic diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Graph 1
Graph 2
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
Fig. 11
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
Fig. 15

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Ahmed L, El-Dib NA, El-Boraey Y, Ibrahim M (1999) Capillaria philippinensis: an emerging parasite causing severe diarrhea in Egypt. J Egypt Soc Parasitol 29(2):483–93

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Alcantara AK, Uylangco CV, Cross JH (1985) An obstinate case of intestinal capillariasis. Southeast Asian. J Trop Med Public Health 16(3):410–3

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Attia RAH, Tolba MEM, Yones DA, Bakir HY, Eldeek HEM, Kamel S (2012) Capillaria philippinensis in Upper Egypt: has it become endemic? Am J Trop Med Hyg 86:126–133

    Article  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bair MJ, Hwang KP, Wang TE, Liou TC, Lin SC, Kao CR, Wang TY, Pang KK (2004) Clinical features of human intestinal capillariasis in Taiwan. World J Gastroenterol 10:2391–2393

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Chichino MB, Bernuzzi AM, Bruno A, Cevini C, Atzori C, Malifitano A, Seaglia M (1992) Intestinal capillariasis (Capillaria philippinensis) aquired in Indonesia. A case report. Am J Trop Med Hyg 47(1):10–12

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Coelho PM, Souza RC, Bredt A, Souza-Neto JA (1976) The crowding effect in Schistosoma mansoni infection of hamsters: influence on worm size. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 18(6):440–442

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Cross JH (1992) Intestinal capillariasis. Clin Microbial Rev 5:120–129

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cross JH, Bhaibulaya M (1983) Intestinal capillariasis in the Philippines and Thailand. In Croll, N. and Cross, J.H. (eds.) Human Ecology and infectious diseases.103- 136. New York Academic Press.

  • El-Dib NA (2005) Capillariasis. In: Kamel, R. and Lumley, J. editors. Textbook of Tropical Surgery. Vol. 2, Springer- Verlag, London Limited Publishers, chapter13: 47–49.

  • El-Dib NA, Doss W (2002) Intestinal capillariasis in Egypt Epidemiological background. J Egypt Soc Parasitol 32(1):145–154

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • El-Dib NA, Ahmed JA, El-Arousy M, Mahmoud MA, Garo K (1999) Parasitological aspect of Capillaria philippinensis recovered from Egyptian patients. J Egypt Soc Parasitol 29(1):139–147

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • El-karaksy H, El-shabrawi M, Mohsen N, Kotb M, El-koofy N, El-Dib N (2004) Capillaria philippinensis: a cause of fatal diarrhea in one of two infected Egyptian sisters. J Trop Pediatr 50(1):57–60

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fan E, Soong C, Kain KC, Detsky AS (2008) A gut feeling.N. Engl J Med 359:75–80

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Garcia LS (2001) Diagnostic medical parasitology L.S.G. and Associates, Santa Monica, California A.S.M. Press 4th Edition.

  • Henriksen SA, Pohlenz JFI (1981) Staining of Cryptosporidia by a modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique. Acta Vet Scand 22:594–596

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Hong ST, Cross JH (2005) Capillaria philippinensis infection in Asia. Asian Parasitology.vol.1 Food-borne helminthiasis in Asia. Chiba: Federation of Asian Parasitologists: 225–229.

  • Intapan PM, Maleewong W, Sukeepaisarnjaroen W, Morakote N (2005) Potential use of Trichinella spiralis antigen for serodiagnosis of human Capillariasis philippinensis by immunoblot analysis. Parasitol Res 98(3):227–31

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kunaratanapruk S, Iam-Ong S, Chatsirimongkol C, Dhirasut C, Laohanuwat C (1983) Intestinal capillariasis in province: a report of 100 cases. Ramathibodi Med J 6:253–258

    Google Scholar 

  • Lightowlers MW (2000) Vaccination against cysticercosis and Hydatid disease. Parasitol Today 15(5):191–195

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lu L, Lin M, Choi W, Hwang K, Hsu Y, Bair M, Liu J, Wang T, Liu T, Chung W (2006) Human intestinal capillariasis (Capillaries philippinensis) in Taiwan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74(5):810–813

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Methanitikorn R, Sukontason K, Sukontason KL, Piangjai S (2003) Evaluation of the formalin-Tween concentration technique for parasitic detection. Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo. vol. 45 no.5

  • Monzon RB, Cabrera BD, Cruz AC, Baltazar JC (1990) The “crowding effect” phenomenon in Ascaris lumbricoides. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 21(4):580–5

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Moravec F (2001) Redescription and systematic status of Capillaria philippinensis, an intestinal parasite of human beings. J Parasitol 87:161–4

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Neimeister R, Logan AL, Egleton JH, Kleger B (1990) Evaluation of direct wet mount parasitological examination of preserved fecal specimens. J Clin Microbiol 28(5):1082–1084

    CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • O’Brien SR, Sellers TS, Meyer DJ (1995) Artifactual prolongation of the activated partial thromboplastin time associated with hemoconcentration in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 9(3):169–70

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Okulewicz Z, Zalesny G (2005) Biodiversity of Capillariinae. J Clin Microbiol 28(5):1082–1084

    Google Scholar 

  • Roberts LS (2000) The crowding effect revisited. J Parasitol 86(2):209–211

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Saichua P, Nithikathkul C, Kaewpitoon N (2008) Human intestinal capillariasis in Thailand. World J Gastroentrol 14(4):506–510

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Soukhathammavong P, Sayasone S, Harimanana AN, Akkavong A, Thammasacks S, Phoumidr N, Choumlivong K, Keoluangkhot V, Phongmany S, Akkhavong K, Hatz C, Strobel M, Odermatt P (2008) Three cases of intestinal capillariasis in Lao people Democratic Republic. Am J Trop Med Hyg 79(5):735–8

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Stillson LL, Platt TR (2007) The crowding effect and morphometric variability in Echinostoma Caproni (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) from icr mice. J Parasitol 93(2):242–246

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Youssef FG, Mikhail EM, Mansour NS (1989) Intestinal capillariasis in Egypt, a case report. Am J Trop Med Hyg 40:195–196

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our thanks to the staff members of Internal, Tropical, Pediatrics, Clinical Pathology, Radiology, Medicine and Public Health and Community Medicine Departments of the Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, for their help in collection of the clinical data of cases and statistical analysis of this work. Also, we would like to express our appreciation to Professor Doctor Essam Ezzat, Professor of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, for his kind help in using the Slide Scanner for measuring the parasite stages.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Parasitology Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Fadia Mohamed Anwar Amin & Nadia Aly El-Dib

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt

    Enas Yahia Abu-Sarea Mohamed & Mona Ebrahim Aly

Authors
  1. Fadia Mohamed Anwar Amin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Nadia Aly El-Dib
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Enas Yahia Abu-Sarea Mohamed
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Mona Ebrahim Aly
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Enas Yahia Abu-Sarea Mohamed.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Amin, F.M.A., El-Dib, N.A., Mohamed, E.Y.AS. et al. Clinical and laboratory investigations of cases infected with Capillaria philippinensis in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. Comp Clin Pathol 24, 871–878 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-014-1999-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-014-1999-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation