CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Pulmonary paragonimiasis is the most common presentation of patients infected with Paragonimus spp., although extrapulmonary (cerebral, abdominal) paragonimiasis may occur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among the more than 10 species reported to infect humans, the most common is P. westermani, the oriental lung fluke.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is Paragonimus? Paragonimus is a parasitic lung fluke (flat worm). Cases of illness from infection occur after a person eats raw or undercooked infected crab or crayfish. The illness is known as paragonimiasis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lung flukes are parasitic organisms called trematodes. The most common lung fluke that affects dogs in North America is called the Paragonimus kellicotti, also known as the North American lung fluke.