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Rare tapeworm segments case report and review of literature

Misidentification of intestinal parasites, especially worm infections, is major cause of diarrhea, nutritional anemia, and weight loss. Neglecting diarrhea as irritable bowel disease is common in our community, especially in adult patients after the exclusion of many GIT diseases. In poor sanitary c...

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Autor principal: Gaffer, Ahmed Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10060734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37006853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7167
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description Misidentification of intestinal parasites, especially worm infections, is major cause of diarrhea, nutritional anemia, and weight loss. Neglecting diarrhea as irritable bowel disease is common in our community, especially in adult patients after the exclusion of many GIT diseases. In poor sanitary conditions, continuous screening of intestinal parasites with well‐trained lab specialists is crucial with empirical worm treatment in patients with worm symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-100607342023-03-31 Rare tapeworm segments case report and review of literature Gaffer, Ahmed Ali Clin Case Rep Case Report Misidentification of intestinal parasites, especially worm infections, is major cause of diarrhea, nutritional anemia, and weight loss. Neglecting diarrhea as irritable bowel disease is common in our community, especially in adult patients after the exclusion of many GIT diseases. In poor sanitary conditions, continuous screening of intestinal parasites with well‐trained lab specialists is crucial with empirical worm treatment in patients with worm symptoms. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10060734/ /pubmed/37006853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7167 Text en © 2023 The Author. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10060734/
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