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Oesophagostomiasis

MedGen UID:
18151
•Concept ID:
C0028887
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Oesophagostomiases
SNOMED CT: Infection by Oesophagostomum (22500005); Oesophagostomiasis (22500005); Nodular worm disease (22500005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005880

Definition

Infection of the intestinal tract with worms of the genus oesophagostomum. This condition occurs mainly in animals other than humans. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOesophagostomiasis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Impact of repeated mass treatment on human Oesophagostomum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana.
Ziem JB, Magnussen P, Olsen A, Horton J, Asigri VL, Polderman AM
Trop Med Int Health 2006 Nov;11(11):1764-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01729.x. PMID: 17054758
Annual mass treatment with albendazole might eliminate human oesophagostomiasis from the endemic focus in northern Ghana.
Ziem JB, Olsen A, Magnussen P, Horton J, Spannbrucker N, Yelifari L, Nana Biritwum K, Polderman AM
Trop Med Int Health 2006 Nov;11(11):1759-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01730.x. PMID: 17054757

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Distribution and clustering of Oesophagostomum bifurcum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana.
Ziem JB, Olsen A, Magnussen P, Horton J, Agongo E, Geskus RB, Polderman AM
Parasitology 2006 Apr;132(Pt 4):525-34. Epub 2006 Jan 3 doi: 10.1017/S0031182005009418. PMID: 16388688
Insights into the epidemiology and genetic make-up of Oesophagostomum bifurcum from human and non-human primates using molecular tools.
Gasser RB, de Gruijter JM, Polderman AM
Parasitology 2006 Apr;132(Pt 4):453-60. Epub 2005 Dec 7 doi: 10.1017/S0031182005009406. PMID: 16332292
Human oesophagostomiasis: a histomorphometric study of 13 new cases in northern Ghana.
Bogers JJ, Storey PA, Faile G, Hewitt E, Yelifari L, Polderman A, Van Marck EA
Virchows Arch 2001 Jul;439(1):21-6. doi: 10.1007/s004280100436. PMID: 11499836
Natural progression of Oesophagostomum bifurcum pathology and infection in a rural community of northern Ghana.
Storey PA, Steenhard NR, Van Lieshout L, Anemana S, Magnussen P, Polderman AM
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2001 May-Jun;95(3):295-9. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90238-x. PMID: 11491001
Reinfection patterns of Oesophagostomum bifurcum after anthelmintic treatment.
Krepel HP, Baeta S, Kootstra C, Polderman AM
Trop Geogr Med 1995;47(4):160-3. PMID: 8560587

Diagnosis

Simultaneous detection and quantification of Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, and Oesophagostomum bifurcum in fecal samples using multiplex real-time PCR.
Verweij JJ, Brienen EA, Ziem J, Yelifari L, Polderman AM, Van Lieshout L
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007 Oct;77(4):685-90. PMID: 17978072
Determining the prevalence of Oesophagostomum bifurcum and Necator americanus infections using specific PCR amplification of DNA from faecal samples.
Verweij JJ, Pit DS, van Lieshout L, Baeta SM, Dery GD, Gasser RB, Polderman AM
Trop Med Int Health 2001 Sep;6(9):726-31. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00770.x. PMID: 11555440
Ultrasonographic detection and assessment of preclinical oesophagostomum bifurcum-induced colonic pathology.
Storey PA, Spannbrucker N, Yelifari L, Dery G, Magnussen P, Doehring E, Polderman AM
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Jul 15;33(2):166-70. Epub 2001 Jun 15 doi: 10.1086/321809. PMID: 11418875
Emerging helminth zoonoses.
McCarthy J, Moore TA
Int J Parasitol 2000 Nov;30(12-13):1351-60. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00122-3. PMID: 11113260
Serological diagnosis of Oesophagostomum infections.
Polderman AM, Krepel HP, Verweij JJ, Baeta S, Rotmans JP
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1993 Jul-Aug;87(4):433-5. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90026-m. PMID: 8249074

Therapy

Distribution and clustering of Oesophagostomum bifurcum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana.
Ziem JB, Olsen A, Magnussen P, Horton J, Agongo E, Geskus RB, Polderman AM
Parasitology 2006 Apr;132(Pt 4):525-34. Epub 2006 Jan 3 doi: 10.1017/S0031182005009418. PMID: 16388688
Distribution of human Oesophagostomum bifurcum, hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis infections in northern Ghana.
Yelifari L, Bloch P, Magnussen P, van Lieshout L, Dery G, Anemana S, Agongo E, Polderman AM
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2005 Jan;99(1):32-8. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.02.007. PMID: 15550259
The short-term impact of albendazole treatment on Oesophagostomum bifurcum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana.
Ziem JB, Kettenis IM, Bayita A, Brienen EA, Dittoh S, Horton J, Olsen A, Magnussen P, Polderman AM
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2004 Jun;98(4):385-90. doi: 10.1179/000349804225003370. PMID: 15228719
The effect of albendazole on Oesophagostomum bifurcum infection and pathology in children from rural northern Ghana.
Storey PA, Bugri S, Magnussen P, Polderman AM
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2001 Jan;95(1):87-95. doi: 10.1080/00034980020035951. PMID: 11235558
The role of pigs as transport hosts of the human helminths Oesophagostomum bifurcum and Necator americanus.
Steenhard NR, Storey PA, Yelifari L, Pit DS, Nansen P, Polderman AM
Acta Trop 2000 Sep 18;76(2):125-30. doi: 10.1016/s0001-706x(00)00077-2. PMID: 10936571

Clinical prediction guides

Study of the gastrointestinal parasitic fauna of captive non-human primates (Macaca fascicularis).
Zanzani SA, Gazzonis AL, Epis S, Manfredi MT
Parasitol Res 2016 Jan;115(1):307-12. Epub 2015 Sep 15 doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4748-9. PMID: 26374536
Oesophagostomum bifurcum in non-human primates is not a potential reservoir for human infection in Ghana.
van Lieshout L, de Gruijter JM, Adu-Nsiah M, Haizel M, Verweij JJ, Brienen EA, Gasser RB, Polderman AM
Trop Med Int Health 2005 Dec;10(12):1315-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01527.x. PMID: 16359413
Intraobserver and interobserver variation of ultrasound diagnosis of Oesophagostomum bifurcum colon lesions.
Storey PA, Spannbrucker N, Agongo EA, van Lieshout L, Zeim JP, Magnussen P, Polderman AM, Doehring E
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2002 Dec;67(6):680-3. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.680. PMID: 12518861
Ultrasonographic detection and assessment of preclinical oesophagostomum bifurcum-induced colonic pathology.
Storey PA, Spannbrucker N, Yelifari L, Dery G, Magnussen P, Doehring E, Polderman AM
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Jul 15;33(2):166-70. Epub 2001 Jun 15 doi: 10.1086/321809. PMID: 11418875
The role of pigs as transport hosts of the human helminths Oesophagostomum bifurcum and Necator americanus.
Steenhard NR, Storey PA, Yelifari L, Pit DS, Nansen P, Polderman AM
Acta Trop 2000 Sep 18;76(2):125-30. doi: 10.1016/s0001-706x(00)00077-2. PMID: 10936571

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