One case of dicrocoeliidae infection.
10.3347/kjp.1971.9.2.58
- Author:
Kyung Il IM
;
Tae Young KOH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-trematoda- Dicrocoeliidae;
case report
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1971;9(2):58-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
A 25 years old sergeant of Dicrocoeliidae infection was studied. This patient was not a spurious infection case and diagnosis was based on rocovery of the characteristic eggs consistently in the feces for 2 month. This case had no history of ingestion of ingestion of ants, land snail of grasshopper. In this case with complaints of flatulence, nausea, loss of appetite and dizziness, physical examination reveald no pathological findings except pale cornea. Liver function tests were observed to be normal and there was slight eosinophilia.
