Rare Case of Enteric Ancylostoma caninum Hookworm Infection, South Korea

A 60-year-old man from South Korea underwent a colonoscopy. A juvenile female worm showing 3 pairs of teeth in the buccal cavity was recovered from the descending colon. Partial sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region showed 100% identity with Ancylostoma caninum, the dog hookworm.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jung, Bong-Kwang, Lee, Jung-Yeop, Chang, Taehee, Song, Hyemi, Chai, Jong-Yil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855538
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.191335

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855538
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.191335

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