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Schistosomiasis

MedGen UID:
48573
Concept ID:
C0036323
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bilharziases; Bilharziasis; Fever, Katayama; Infection, Schistoma; Infections, Schistoma; Katayama Fever; Schistoma Infection; Schistoma Infections; Schistosomiases
SNOMED CT: Infection by Schistosoma (10087007); Schistosomiasis (10087007); Bilharziasis (10087007); Hemic distomiasis (10087007); Schistosomosis (10087007); Bilharzia (10087007); Schistosomiasis - bilharziasis (10087007); Blood fluke infection (10087007); Disease caused by Schistosomatidae (105661001); Infection caused by Schistosoma (10087007)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0015254

Definition

A parasitic infection caused by flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Signs and symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, eosinophilia and hepatosplenomegaly. If left untreated it may eventually cause liver damage leading to cirrhosis, bladder cancer and kidney failure. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Gryseels B
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Siddiqui AA, Siddiqui BA, Ganley-Leal L
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Yosry A
Contrib Microbiol 2006;13:81-100. doi: 10.1159/000092967. PMID: 16627960

Diagnosis

Kara M, Sozubir S
N Engl J Med 2023 Aug 3;389(5):454. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm2300207. PMID: 37530826
LoVerde PT
Adv Exp Med Biol 2019;1154:45-70. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-18616-6_3. PMID: 31297759
Lewis FA, Tucker MS
Adv Exp Med Biol 2014;766:47-75. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0915-5_3. PMID: 24903363
Gryseels B
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2012 Jun;26(2):383-97. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.03.004. PMID: 22632645
Bica I, Hamer DH, Stadecker MJ
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2000 Sep;14(3):583-604, viii. doi: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70122-7. PMID: 10987111

Therapy

Anisuzzaman, Tsuji N
Parasitol Int 2020 Apr;75:102051. Epub 2020 Jan 3 doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102051. PMID: 31911156
Reed SG, Carter D, Casper C, Duthie MS, Fox CB
Semin Immunol 2018 Oct;39:22-29. Epub 2018 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2018.10.004. PMID: 30366662Free PMC Article
Raffetin A, Bruneel F, Roussel C, Thellier M, Buffet P, Caumes E, Jauréguiberry S
Med Mal Infect 2018 Jun;48(4):238-249. Epub 2018 Feb 13 doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2018.01.004. PMID: 29422423
Hewitson JP, Maizels RM
Expert Rev Vaccines 2014 Apr;13(4):473-87. doi: 10.1586/14760584.2014.893195. PMID: 24606541
Patton SE, Hall MC, Ozen H
Curr Opin Oncol 2002 May;14(3):265-72. doi: 10.1097/00001622-200205000-00003. PMID: 11981270

Prognosis

Qin T, Zhang H, Pan S, Liu J, Li D, Chen R, Huang X, Liu Y, Liu J, Cheng W, Chen X, Zhao W, Li J, Tan Z, Huang H, Li D, Zhu F, Yu G, Zhou B, Zheng S, Tang Y, Ke J, Liu X, Chen B, Chen W, Ma H, Xu J, Liu Y, Lin R, Dong Y, Yu Y, Wang M, Qin R; Minimally Invasive Treatment Group in the Pancreatic Disease Branch of China’s International Exchange and Promotion Association for Medicine and Healthcare (MITG-P-CPAM)
Ann Surg 2024 Apr 1;279(4):605-612. Epub 2023 Nov 15 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006149. PMID: 37965767Free PMC Article
Liu Y, He ZQ, Wang D, Hu YB, Qian D, Yang CY, Zhou RM, Li SH, Lu DL, Zhang HW
Adv Parasitol 2022;116:153-186. Epub 2022 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2022.02.001. PMID: 35752447
Jonas L, Bombil I, Mannell A
S Afr J Surg 2020 Sep;58(3):160. PMID: 33231010
Olveda DU, Li Y, Olveda RM, Lam AK, McManus DP, Chau TN, Harn DA, Williams GM, Gray DJ, Ross AG
Int J Infect Dis 2014 Jan;18:52-6. Epub 2013 Oct 26 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.09.011. PMID: 24211228
Barsoum RS
Semin Nephrol 2003 Jan;23(1):34-41. doi: 10.1053/snep.2003.50003a. PMID: 12563599

Clinical prediction guides

Binder S, Campbell CH, Andros TS, Castleman JD, Kittur N, King CH, Colley DG
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020 Jul;103(1_Suppl):114-124. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0786. PMID: 32400350Free PMC Article
Colley DG, Jacobson JA, Binder S
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Nunes MC, Guimarães Júnior MH, Diamantino AC, Gelape CL, Ferrari TC
Heart 2017 May;103(9):651-658. Epub 2017 Mar 11 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309870. PMID: 28285268
Wu W, Feng A, Huang Y
Parasitol Res 2015 Jan;114(1):17-27. Epub 2014 Nov 19 doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-4225-x. PMID: 25403379
Odegaard JI, Hsieh MH
Parasite Immunol 2014 Sep;36(9):428-38. doi: 10.1111/pim.12084. PMID: 25201406

Recent systematic reviews

Manciulli T, Marangoni D, Salas-Coronas J, Bocanegra C, Richter J, Gobbi F, Motta L, Minervini A, Bartoloni A, Zammarchi L; TropNet Schisto Task Force
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Choto ET, Mduluza T, Sibanda EN, Mutapi F, Chimbari MJ
Afr J Reprod Health 2020 Dec;24(4):185-197. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2020/v24i4.19. PMID: 34077083
Kalinda C, Chimbari MJ, Mukaratirwa S
Infect Dis Poverty 2018 Apr 30;7(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s40249-018-0424-5. PMID: 29706131Free PMC Article
Barros de Alencar MV, de Castro E Sousa JM, Rolim HM, de Medeiros MD, Cerqueira GS, de Castro Almeida FR, Citó AM, Ferreira PM, Lopes JA, de Carvalho Melo-Cavalcante AA, Islam MT
Phytother Res 2017 Feb;31(2):175-201. Epub 2016 Nov 29 doi: 10.1002/ptr.5749. PMID: 27896890
Makaula P, Sadalaki JR, Muula AS, Kayuni S, Jemu S, Bloch P
Parasit Vectors 2014 Dec 10;7:570. doi: 10.1186/s13071-014-0570-y. PMID: 25490938Free PMC Article

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