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Table 1.

List of included and excluded cases reported in scientific articles, with some of the most relevant data.

Reference Number of patients Site of infection Method used for larval detection Etiological agent
Included records
 Stallone et al. [113] 1 Gastric Anisakis sp.
 Cancrini et al. [24] 1 Extra-gastrointestinal Laparotomy Anisakis sp.
 Cancrini et al. [23] 1 Gastric Endoscopy Anisakis sp.
 D’Amelio et al. [35] 1 Gastric Endoscopy A. pegreffii *
 Maggi et al. [64] 3 (4)a Gastric (1), intestinal (1), extra-gastrointestinal (1) Laparotomy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Pampiglione et al. [90] 11 Gastric (2), intestinal (3), extra-gastrointestinal (5), spleen (1) Endoscopy, laparotomy Anisakis sp.
 Caramello et al. [25] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy Anisakis sp.
 Moschella et al. [83] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy Anisakis sp.
 De Nicola et. al. [39] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy A. simplex
 Montalto et al. [82] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Pellegrini et al. [91] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Fazii et al. [47] 3 Gastric (2), intestinal (1) Endoscopy Anisakis sp.
 Avellino et al. [12] 1 Esophagus Endoscopy A. pegreffii *
 Ugenti et al. [117] 3 Gastric Endoscopy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Fumarola et al. [49] 2 Gastric Endoscopy A. pegreffii *
 Marzocca et al. [67] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Aloia et al. [3] 1 Intestinal Endoscopy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Mattiucci et al. [74] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy A. pegreffii *
 Pontone et al. [96] 1(2)b Gastric Endoscopy Anisakis sp.
 Mattiucci et al. [71] 8 Gastric (6), (GAA) (2) Endoscopy A. pegreffii *
 Mumoli and Merlo [84] 1 Intestinal Endoscopy A. simplex (s.l.)
 Andrisani et al. [5] 1 Intestinal Endoscopy Anisakis sp.
 Baron et al. [15] 1(6)c Intestinal Laparotomy Anisakis sp.
 Mariano et al. [65] 1 Gastric Endoscopy Anisakis sp.
 Carbotta et al. [26] 1 Intestinal Laparotomy Anisakis sp.
 Mattiucci et al. [70] 5 Gastric (GAA) Endoscopy A. pegreffii *
 Mattiucci et al. [75] 3 Gastric (1), intestinal (2) Endoscopy, laparotomy A. pegreffii *
 Palma et al. [89] 1 Gastric Endoscopy Anisakis sp.
 Total (28 records)e 58 (65)d
Excluded records
 Ioli et al. [55] 1
 Riva et al. [101] 4
 Bavastrelli et al. [16] 1
 Testini et al. [116] 1
 Piscaglia et al. [95] 1
 Pezzilli et al. [93] 1
 Biondi et al. [18] 1
 Rea et al. [99] 1
 Zullo et al. [122] 1
 Filauro et al. [48] 1
 Sola et al. [111] 1
 Taranto et al. [115] 6
 Fava et al. [45] 1
 Griglio et al. [51] 1
 Bucci et al. [21] 1
 Cesaro et al. [29] 1
 Marra et al. [66] 1
 Zippi et al. [121] 1
 Zanelli et al. [120] 1
 Total (19 records) 27
a

Four reported cases but only 3 confirmed by histology;

b

In the second case no larva was found;

c

Six cases are reported but only one shows photos and description of the histological section;

d

Total number of cases reported in the 27 articles;

e

In addition, 15 cases reported in a thesis (De Rosa [40]) and confirmed by Dr. Fazii, not shown in the table, were included in the analysis.

*

Molecular identification.

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