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Table 4 Published case series of intestinal capillariasis

From: Intestinal capillariasis in the 21stcentury: clinical presentations and role of endoscopy and imaging

Baseline characteristics

Present study

Kunaratanapruk, 1983 [ [10]]

Chunlertrith, 1992 [ [8]]

Bair, 2004 [ [18]]

Lu, 2006 [ [17]]

Thewjitcharoen, 2012 [ [9]]

Attia, 2012 [ [19]]

Total

Number of patients

26

58

17

14

30

10

21

176

Age (yrs) - Mean (range)

42.6 (18-71)

8 – 63

40.4 (21-69)

52 (39-76)

50 (12-76)

37.7 (11-59)

32.7 (9-50)

 

Male

20 (77)

40 (69)

13 (76)

9 (64)

18 (60)

6 (60)

2 (10)

108 (61)

Raw fish ingestion

14/15 (93)

NR

NR

NR

16 (53)

9 (90)

NR

39/55 (71)

Median duration of symptoms, mo (range)

5.5 (1 m - 5 y)

NR (1 d – 14 m)

7 (1 m – 3 y)

2.5 (1 wk – 31 m)

3 (1 wk – 6 y)

5 (4 d – 2 y)

7 (3 – 18 m)

1 d-72 m

  Duration > 12 mo

5 (19)

NR

3 (18)

2 (15)

5 (17)

2 (20)

2 (10)

19 (11)

Chronic diarrhea

24/26 (93)

57/58 (98)

17/17 (100)

14/14 (100)

NR

10/10 (100)

21/21 (100)

143/146 (98)

Abdominal pain

18/26 (70)

32/58 (56)

16/17 (94)

12/14 (85)

NR

NR

NR

78/115 (68)

Weight loss

23/25 (92)

57/58 (98)

17/17 (100)

11/14 (78)

NR

9 (90)

NR

117/125 (93)

Hypoalbuminemia

26/26 (100)

NR

16/16 (100)

13/14 (93)

30/30 (100)

10/10 (100)

21/21 (100)

116/117 (99)

  Albumin < 2 g/dL

22/26 (85)

NR

12/16 (75)

NR

19/30 (63)

9/10 (90)

17/21 (81)

79/103 (77)

Anemia

13/26 (50)

Uncommon

8/17 (47)

9/14 (64)

NR

NR

7/21 (33)

37/78 (47)

Eosinophilia

2/26 (8)

13 (22) (E > 10%)

NR

NR

11 (36) (E > 5%)

NR

0 (E > 10%)

 

Presence of parasite in stool

15 (57)

58 (100)

17 (100)

10 (71.4)

21 (70)

9 (90)

Majority of patients

 
  1. Data presented are number of patients unless specified. Data in the parentheses are percentages.