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Table 5
Detailed characteristics of patients with positive serology.
| Case No. | Gender-Age (years) | Migrant/Traveler | Travels | S. stercoralis serology index | Other serologies (index or result/threshold) |
Microscopic examination of stools (no. of stools) | Eosinophil count (G/L) | Clinical data | Final classification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filariasis | Toxocariasis | Other | |||||||||
| 1 | M-48 | Traveler | Madagascar, French Guiana | 4.6 | nd | nd | – | S. stercoralis (3) | 1.5 | Larva currens | Proven |
| 2 | M-24 | Migrant | Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya, Italy | 2.7 | Positive (2.0) | Positive (1.0) | – | S. stercoralis (4) | 1.1 | Asymptomatic | Proven |
| 3 | M-32 | Migrant | Gabonese Republic | 3.7 | nd | nd | – | S. stercoralis (3) | 0.8 | Abdominal pain | Proven |
| 4 | F-19 | Migrant | Mayotte | 4.2 | nd | nd | – | S. stercoralis, Trichuris trichiura (3) | 1.7 | Occasional diarrhea | Proven |
| 5 | M-35 | Migrant | Ethiopia | 3.4 | Positive (3.0) | Negative | Ascaridiosis, trichinellosis (negative) | S. stercoralis (3) | 0.9 | HIV infection, gastric pain | Proven |
| 6 | M-35 | Migrant | Cameroon, Benin | 2.9 | Positive (2.6) | Positive (1.1) | Ascaridiosis (negative) | S. stercoralis, Necator americanus (1) | 1.3 | Proven mansonellosis, fever | Proven |
| 7 | F-40 | Traveler | Thailand | 1.1 | Positive (1.7) | Negative | Ascaridiosis, trichinellosis (negative), angiostrongylosis (positive WB) | S. stercoralis (2) | 1.9 | Epigastric pain, acute myocarditis | Proven |
| 8 | M-80 | Migrant | Martinique Island | 4.1 | Positive (1.1) | Negative | – | S. stercoralis (2) | 2.2 | Diarrhea, weight loss | Proven |
| 9 | M-54 | Migrant | Reunion Island | 2.1 | nd | nd | – | S. stercoralis (2) | 0.6 | Intermittent abdominal pain | Proven |
| 10 | F-47 | Migrant | Guinea | 2.9 | Negative | Negative | Ascaridiosis, trichinellosis (negative) | Negative (2) | 1.20 | Chronic coughing and fever | Probable |
| 11 | M-25 | Migrant | Ethiopia | 2.5 | Negative | Negative | – | S. mansoni (3) | 0.50 | Digestive discomfort | Probable |
| 12 | M-23 | Migrant | Sudan | 2.5 | Negative | Negative | – | Negative (1) | 0.05 | Abdominal pain | Probable |
| 13 | M-16 | Migrant | Guinea | 2.4 | Negative | Negative | – | Negative (1) | 0.43 | Abdominal pain, digestive bleeding | Probable |
| 14 | M-35 | Migrant | Afghanistan | 2.7 | Positive (1.9) | Negative | – | Negative (2) | 0.24 | Diarrhea, digestive discomfort, epigastric pain | Probable |
| 15 | M-13 | Migrant | Guinea | 3.5 | Positive (1.5) | Negative | – | S. mansoni (3) | 0.50 | Abdominal pain, diarrhea, itching | Probable |
| 16 | M-36 | Traveler | Mali | 1.7 | Negative | Negative | – | Negative (1) | 1.26 | Dyspnea | Probable |
| 17 | M-48 | Traveler | Gabonese Republic, Cameroon | 3.5 | Positive (3.3) | nd | – | Negative (3) | 2.85 | Tenesmus, loaosis | Probable |
| 18 | F-35 | Migrant | Polynesia | 1.6 | Positive (1.3) | nd | – | Negative (1) | 0.24 | Fever under azathioprine treatment | Probable |
| 19 | F-67 | Traveler | Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde | 1.5 | Negative | nd | Ascaridiosis (negative) | Negative (3) | 0.14 | Coughing, constipation | Probable |
| 20 | M-25 | Migrant | Guinea | 1.7 | Negative | Negative | – | Negative (2) | nd | Meteorism, bloating | Probable |
| 21 | M-28 | Migrant | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.4 | nd | nd | – | Negative (3) | 0.24 | Epigastric pain | Possible |
| 22 | M-24 | Migrant | Sudan | 1.0 | nd | nd | – | Negative (3) | 1.77 | Abdominal pain, diarrhea | Possible |
| 23 | F-5 | Migrant | Romania | 2.1 | Negative | Positive (13.1) | Ascaridiosis (positive IEP) | Ancylostomatidae Eggs (3) | 12.18 | Geophagy, toxocariasis | Possible |
| 24 | M-27 | Traveler | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.8 | Positive (21.7) | Negative | – | Ancylostomatidae Eggs (2) | 0.79 | Proven mansonellosis | Possible |
| 25 | F-47 | Traveler | Tunisia, Morocco | 1.3 | nd | Negative | Trichinellosis (negative) | Enterobius vermicularis (3) | 0.44 | Abdominal pain, fatigue | Possible |
| 26 | M-15 | Migrant | Guinea, Senegal | 1.3 | Positive (1.6) | Negative | – | Trichuris trichiura (4) | 0.09 | Abdominal pain, constipation | Possible |
| 27 | M-77 | Migrant | Cameroon | 2.8 | Positive (3.4) | Negative | Trichinellosis (negative) | Negative (3) | 0.86 | Clinical loaosis | Possible |
| 28 | F-66 | Migrant | Cameroon | 1.2 | Positive (1.9) | nd | – | Negative (1) | nd | Proven loaosis | Possible |
| 29 | F-53 | Traveler | Haiti | 1.9 | nd | Positive (3.3) | Anisakidosis (negative) | Negative (3) | nd | Toxocariasis | Possible |
| 30 | F-23 | Traveler | Peru | 1.1 | nd | Negative | Ascaridiosis (negative) | Negative (2) | 0.18 | Diarrhea, abdominal pain | Possible |
| Anisakidosis (0.59/0.40) | |||||||||||
nd: not determined; WB: Western-Blot; IEP: Immunoelectrophoresis.
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