Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27:93-130. Anisakidosis in humans and animals and detection of anisakid larvae in fish and cephalopods in Korea: a literature review (1971-2022)
Chief complaints/major signs | No. of patients (%) |
---|---|
Acute abdomen, epigastric pain | 510 (59.9) |
Nausea and/or vomiting | 99 (11.6) |
Chronic gastritis, chronic gastric pain | 31 (3.6) |
Intestinal obstruction, ileus, intussusception, adhesion | 22 (2.6) |
Diarrhea | 16 (1.9) |
Urticaria, edema | 12 (1.4) |
Hematemesis, melena | 9 (1.1) |
Esophageal involvement | 8 (0.9) |
Submucosal tumor | 5 (0.6) |
Duodenitis, jejunitis, ileitis, appendicitis | 5 (0.6) |
Oropharyngeal/tonsil involvement | 4 (0.5) |
Asymptomatic/health check-up/incidentally | 45 (5.3) |
Multiple symptoms or miscellaneous types of symptoms* | 20 (2.4) |
Unknown | 67 (7.9) |
Total | 851 (100.0) |