%0 Journal Article
%T Case Report: Anisakiasis Causing Acute Dysentery in Malaysia
%A Amirah Amir
%A Kum T. Wong
%A Rohela Mahmud
%A Romano Ngui
%A Wan Hafiz Wan Ismail
%A Yee-Ling Lau
%A Yvonne A. L. Lim
%J Archive of "The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene".
%D 2016
%R 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0007
%X Human anisakiasis is a zoonosis acquired by eating raw or undercooked infected seafood. Herein, we report a case of acute dysentery caused by anisakiasis in a 64-year-old man in Malaysia. A colonoscopy was performed and a nematode larva was found penetrating the mucosa of the ascending colon. Bleeding was observed at the site of penetration. Y-shaped lateral epidermal cords were seen from the cross section of the worm, which is a prominent feature of Anisakis larva. Molecular analysis using polymerase chain reaction of cytochrome oxidase 2 (cox2) gene confirmed the specimen to be larva of Anisakis simplex
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973191/