Infection with Hymenolepis diminuta (Rodolphi, 1819) in a Child from North of Iran: Case Report

Infection with Hymenolepis diminuta (Rodolphi, 1819) in a Child from North of Iran: Case Report

We report a human case of infection in Guilan Province, northern part of Iran in 2017. The patient was a 15-month-old boy with gastrointestinal symptoms. In stool examination, eggs of was found based on morphological characteristic. The infant was successfully treated with a single oral dose of praz...

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Veröffentlicht in:Iranian journal of public health 2019-08, Vol.48 (8), p.1528-1531
Hauptverfasser: Sharifdini, Meysam, Hajialilo, Elham, Ghanbarzadeh, Laleh, Saraei, Mehrzad
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Sprache:eng
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Case Report
Case reports
Eggs
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Hymenolepis diminuta
Infections
Iran
Praziquantel
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Zusammenfassung:We report a human case of infection in Guilan Province, northern part of Iran in 2017. The patient was a 15-month-old boy with gastrointestinal symptoms. In stool examination, eggs of was found based on morphological characteristic. The infant was successfully treated with a single oral dose of praziquantel, and then completely recovered. For the first time, we report human infection with this species in north of Iran.
ISSN:2251-6085
2251-6093
DOI:10.18502/ijph.v48i8.2998