Extracorporeal Worm Extraction of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense with Amidotrizoic Acid in a Child
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
; : 677-680, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
Infection cases of diphyllobothriid tapeworms are not much in the below teen-age group. We report a case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in a 13-year-old boy. He presented with severe fatigue, occasional abdominal pain at night time. He also had several episodes of tapeworm segment discharge in his stools. By his past history, he had frequently eaten raw fish including salmon and trout with his families. Numerous eggs of diphyllobothriid tapeworm were detected in the fecal examination. We introduced amidotrizoic acid as a cathartic agent through nasogastroduodenal tube and let nearly whole length (4.75 m) of D. nihonkaiense be excreted through his anus. After a single dose of praziquantel, the child's stool showed no further eggs, and his symptoms disappeared. The evacuated worm was identified as D. nihonkaiense by mitochondrial cox1 gene analysis. Here we report a successful extracorporeal worm extraction from an infection case of D. nihonkaiense by the injection of amidotrizoic acid.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Praziquantel
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Diatrizoate Meglumine
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Diphyllobothriasis
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Diphyllobothrium
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Cyclooxygenase 1
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Feces
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Antiparasitic Agents
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article