Korean J Parasitol.
1989 Jun;27(2):119-130. 10.3347/kjp.1989.27.2.119.
Effect of praziquantel treatment on pulmonary lesions of rats infected with Paragonimus iloktsuenensis
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- 1Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Legal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-460
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnaml National University, Taejon 301-764
- 3Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Pusan 614-112, Korea.
- KMID: 1720275
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1989.27.2.119
Abstract
- An experimental pathological study was performed to observe the effect of praziquantel treatment on the pulmonary lesions of the rat lung fluke, Paragonimus iloktsuenensis. The metacercariae were obtained from the freshwater crab, Sesarma dehaani, and 40 rats (wistar) were fed each with 10 metacercariae. On 20 rats praziquantel treatment (100mg/kg/day x 5 days) was done at 5 weeks after the infection while remaining 20 rats were kept untreated for use as controls. The drug-treated rats and the untreated ones were sacrificed 3, 7, 14, 21 or 28 days later for the observation of lung pathology. The rats infected with P. iloktsuenensis showed remarkable pulmonary changes; gross features of hemorrhagic and nodular worm capsules protruded on to the surface of the lung, and histologically local atelectasis, inflammatory cell infiltration, and egg granuloma around the worm capsules each containing one or two worms. Praziquantel treatment of the rats was shown to be highly effective in killing the worms and to lead them to degenerate, as early as in 3 days post-treatment. Almost all worms in the lung were dead and absorbed by the host cells in 21 days post-treatment, except a few living ones seen in a rat of 14-day post-treatment group. In most of the rats treated the pulmonary lesions showed the signs of resolution; regression of worm capsules with mummification of worms, decrease of inflammatory cell infiltration, improvement in the degree of atelectasis, and decreases in the frequency and size of the egg granuloma. From the results it is concluded that praziquantel is highly effective for the treatment of rat P. iloktsuenensis infection in the lung, not only by its direct killing effect of the worms but also due to the excellent resolution capacity of the pulmonary tissues.
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