A case of Hymenolepis diminuta in a young male from Odisha

Hymenolepis diminuta also known as rat tapeworm rarely causes hymenolepiasis in humans. We report a case of H. diminuta infection in an 18-year-old male farmer who presented with intermittent pruritic maculopaular rashes and dull aching left iliac fossa pain for 6 months. Patient was cured with 2 do...

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Autores principales: Karuna, T, Khadanga, Sagar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24471000
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.122145
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description Hymenolepis diminuta also known as rat tapeworm rarely causes hymenolepiasis in humans. We report a case of H. diminuta infection in an 18-year-old male farmer who presented with intermittent pruritic maculopaular rashes and dull aching left iliac fossa pain for 6 months. Patient was cured with 2 doses of praziquantel 20 mg/kg on day 0 and 7.
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spelling pubmed-38889882014-01-27 A case of Hymenolepis diminuta in a young male from Odisha Karuna, T Khadanga, Sagar Trop Parasitol Dispatches Hymenolepis diminuta also known as rat tapeworm rarely causes hymenolepiasis in humans. We report a case of H. diminuta infection in an 18-year-old male farmer who presented with intermittent pruritic maculopaular rashes and dull aching left iliac fossa pain for 6 months. Patient was cured with 2 doses of praziquantel 20 mg/kg on day 0 and 7. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3888988/ /pubmed/24471000 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.122145 Text en Copyright: © Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title A case of Hymenolepis diminuta in a young male from Odisha
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3888988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24471000
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