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ID DOID:10699
Name paragonimiasis
Definition A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection by flukes of the genus Paragonimus. In the acute phase, the symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, cough, urticaria, hepatosplenomegaly, pulmonary abnormalities, and eosinophilia. Pulmonary manifestations include cough, expectoration of discolored sputum, hemoptysis, and chest radiographic abnormalities. Various organs like brain, spleen and liver can be infected.
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Paragonimiasis.htm
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GARD:9815

ICD10CM:B66.4

ICD9CM:121.2

MESH:D010237

NCI:C84995

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:30369007

UMLS_CUI:C0030424

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

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Synonyms

Infection by Paragonimus [EXACT]

lung fluke disease [EXACT]

lung fluke infection [EXACT]

pulmonary paragonimiasis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a brain disease

is_a parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease

is_a liver disease

is_a splenic disease

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