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CASE REPORT
Year : 2005  |  Volume : 8  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 47-48

Human paragonimiasis in enugu, south eastern Nigeria: A case report


Department of Communit y Medicine, Universit y o f Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria

Date of Web Publication23-Dec-2014

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N Ozumba
Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
Nigeria
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  Abstract 

This paper reports a case of pulmonary paragonimiasis in a man resident in Enugu who presented at a chest clinic with haemoptysis: and as initially misdiagnosed a!-zaving pulmonary tuberculosis. It discusses the diagnostic difficulties and the . c n uswn wtth pulmonary tuberculosis, draws attention to the widening endemic foci for pulmonary paragommtasts and the need for an appropriate control programme.

Keywords: Endemic, Paragonimiasis, Haemoptysis, Tuberculosis, Prevalence


How to cite this article:
Ozumba N, Nwobi E A. Human paragonimiasis in enugu, south eastern Nigeria: A case report. Sahel Med J 2005;8:47-8

How to cite this URL:
Ozumba N, Nwobi E A. Human paragonimiasis in enugu, south eastern Nigeria: A case report. Sahel Med J [serial online] 2005 [cited 2024 Mar 29];8:47-8. Available from: https://www.smjonline.org/text.asp?2005/8/2/47/147609

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