Baseline characteristics | Present study | Kunaratanapruk, 1983 [ [10]] | Chunlertrith, 1992 [ [8]] | Bair, 2004 [ [18]] | Lu, 2006 [ [17]] | Thewjitcharoen, 2012 [ [9]] | Attia, 2012 [ [19]] | Total |
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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 | Â |