Table 1 Characteristics of 11 patients infected with Paragonimus, China, January 2011–May 2019.
Patient no | Age, y | Sex | Location | Epidemiological information | Accumulative hospital stay, d | Misdiagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | F | Sichuan, mountainous area | Swimming in a river | 8 | NA |
2 | 11 | F | Zhejiang, seaside | In contact with raw seafood | 9 | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
3 | 7 | F | Sichuan, mountainous area | NA | 11 | NA |
4 | 10 | M | Yunnan, mountainous area | In contact with raw crabs | 5 | NA |
5 | 7 | F | Sichuan, mountainous area | In contact with raw crabs | 7 | NA |
6 | 7 | M | Sichuan, mountainous area | NA | 15 | Eosinophilic pneumonia |
7 | 4 | M | Yunnan, mountainous area | NA | 33 | Intracranial space-occupying lesion |
8 | 10 | M | ZheJiang, mountainous area | Favor of eating seafood | 21 | Tuberculosis |
9 | 4 | M | Yunnan, mountainous area | Swimming in a river | 2 | NA |
10 | 10 | M | Sichuan | History of raw crabs consumption | 5 | NA |
11 | 12 | M | Sichuan, mountainous area | History of mountain spring water consumption | 50 | Brain abscess |
