Diphyllobothrium latum infection in a child with recurrent abdominal pain

Diphyllobothrium latum infection in humans is not common in Republic of Korea. We report a case of fish tapeworm infection in a 10-year-old boy after ingestion of raw perch about 8 months ago. The patient complained of recurrent abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. A tapeworm, 85 cm in length, withou...

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Autores principales: Lee, Seung Hyun, Park, Hyun, Yu, Seung Taek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692882
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2015.58.11.451
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description Diphyllobothrium latum infection in humans is not common in Republic of Korea. We report a case of fish tapeworm infection in a 10-year-old boy after ingestion of raw perch about 8 months ago. The patient complained of recurrent abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. A tapeworm, 85 cm in length, without scolex and neck, was spontaneously discharged in the feces of the patient. The patient was treated with 15-mg/kg single dose praziquantel, and follow-up stool examination was negative after one month. There was no evidence of relapse during the next six months.
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spelling pubmed-46759272015-12-11 Diphyllobothrium latum infection in a child with recurrent abdominal pain Lee, Seung Hyun Park, Hyun Yu, Seung Taek Korean J Pediatr Case Report Diphyllobothrium latum infection in humans is not common in Republic of Korea. We report a case of fish tapeworm infection in a 10-year-old boy after ingestion of raw perch about 8 months ago. The patient complained of recurrent abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. A tapeworm, 85 cm in length, without scolex and neck, was spontaneously discharged in the feces of the patient. The patient was treated with 15-mg/kg single dose praziquantel, and follow-up stool examination was negative after one month. There was no evidence of relapse during the next six months. The Korean Pediatric Society 2015-11 2015-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4675927/ /pubmed/26692882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2015.58.11.451 Text en Copyright © 2015 by The Korean Pediatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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