Eosinophilic Liver Abscess: A Case of Locally Acquired Fasciola hepatica in Alberta, Canada

Teagan King; Miguel M Cabada; Kinga Kowalewska-Grochowska; Stephen D Vaughan

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae101

Eosinophilic Liver Abscess: A Case of Locally Acquired Fasciola hepatica in Alberta, Canada

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Feb 19;11(3):ofae101. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae101. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Teagan King¹, Miguel M Cabada^{2

3}, Kinga Kowalewska-Grochowska⁴, Stephen D Vaughan¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Calgary, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Galveston, Texas, USA.
³ Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Lima, Peru.
⁴ University of Alberta, Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Abstract

Fasciola hepatica is a trematode causing acute and chronic infection. A 33-year-old Canadian woman with eosinophilic liver abscesses and no relevant travel was diagnosed with F hepatica infection. F hepatica is reported in livestock in Alberta. This is the first case of locally acquired fascioliasis in Canada in >100 years.

Keywords: Alberta; Canada; Fasciola hepatica; hepatic abscess.