Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection

Hymenolepiasis is an infection caused by Hymenolepis nana (H. nana) and H. diminuta (H. diminuta). Hymenolepiasis is prevalent throughout the world with human infections with H. nana being frequently reported in the literature as compared to H. diminuta. Hymenolepiasis is more frequent among childre...

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Autores principales: Kandi, Venkataramana, Koka, Sri Sandhya, Bhoomigari, Mohan Rao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30868024
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3810
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author Kandi, Venkataramana
Koka, Sri Sandhya
Bhoomigari, Mohan Rao
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description Hymenolepiasis is an infection caused by Hymenolepis nana (H. nana) and H. diminuta (H. diminuta). Hymenolepiasis is prevalent throughout the world with human infections with H. nana being frequently reported in the literature as compared to H. diminuta. Hymenolepiasis is more frequent among children, and most human infections remain asymptomatic and self-limited. Symptoms including abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting are frequently noted in the cases of heavy infections. We report a case of hymenolepiasis caused by H. nana in a pregnant woman.
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spelling pubmed-64027312019-03-13 Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection Kandi, Venkataramana Koka, Sri Sandhya Bhoomigari, Mohan Rao Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Hymenolepiasis is an infection caused by Hymenolepis nana (H. nana) and H. diminuta (H. diminuta). Hymenolepiasis is prevalent throughout the world with human infections with H. nana being frequently reported in the literature as compared to H. diminuta. Hymenolepiasis is more frequent among children, and most human infections remain asymptomatic and self-limited. Symptoms including abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting are frequently noted in the cases of heavy infections. We report a case of hymenolepiasis caused by H. nana in a pregnant woman. Cureus 2019-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6402731/ /pubmed/30868024 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3810 Text en Copyright © 2019, Kandi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Obstetrics/Gynecology
Kandi, Venkataramana
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Bhoomigari, Mohan Rao
Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection
title Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection
title_full Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection
title_fullStr Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection
title_full_unstemmed Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection
title_short Hymenolepiasis in a Pregnant Woman: A Case Report of Hymenolepis nana Infection
title_sort hymenolepiasis in a pregnant woman: a case report of hymenolepis nana infection
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30868024
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3810
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