Gymnophalloides seoi 감량의 1예

Abstract

In 1993, Authors experience 1 case of a 62 - year - old Korean man infected with Gymnophalloides seoi, who residing in Mok - po, Chonlanam - do, Korea. He had no subjective symptom(abdominal pain, indigestion, intermittent diarrhea)related with this fluke infection after eating Marine bivalves. The fecal examination revealed a few long elliptical eggs of 19~21 x 14~16㎛ in size, with transparent, thin shell(Fig. 1). He was treated with Praziquantel(DistocideR) 10 mg/kg in single dose and purgated with magne sium salt(500). Adult Gymnophalloides, (98) Heterophyids and C. sinensis were collected from the diarrheal stool. After morphological observation, the Gymnophalloides were identified as Gymnophalloides seoi. This case is stressed that possibility of wide distribution in sea side area of G. seoi caused by raw Marine bivalves eating in Korea. This report is the second recorded case of G. seoi in Korea.