Extracorporeal Worm Extraction of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense with Amidotrizoic Acid in a Child.
10.3347/kjp.2014.52.6.677
- Author:
Hye Kyung SHIN
1
;
Joo Hyung ROH
;
Jae Won OH
;
Jae Sook RYU
;
Youn Kyoung GOO
;
Dong Il CHUNG
;
Yong Joo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-792, Korea. kyjoo@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense;
amidotrizoic acid;
child;
cox1 gene
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Animals;
Antiparasitic Agents/*therapeutic use;
Cyclooxygenase 1/genetics;
Diatrizoate Meglumine/*therapeutic use;
Diphyllobothriasis/*drug therapy/parasitology/pathology;
Diphyllobothrium/classification/*drug effects/genetics/*isolation & purification;
Feces/parasitology;
Humans;
Male;
Praziquantel/therapeutic use;
Sequence Analysis, DNA
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2014;52(6):677-680
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
