Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

대한소아청소년과학회 (The Korean Pediatric Society)
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Diphyllobothrium latum infection in a child with recurrent abdominal pain

  • Lee, Seung Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Hyun (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yu, Seung Taek (Department of Pediatrics, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
  • 투고 : 2015.09.03
  • 심사 : 2015.10.23
  • 발행 : 2015.11.15
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Diphyllobothrium latum infection in humans is not common in Republic of Korea. We report a case of fish tapeworm infection in a 10-year-old boy after ingestion of raw perch about 8 months ago. The patient complained of recurrent abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. A tapeworm, 85 cm in length, without scolex and neck, was spontaneously discharged in the feces of the patient. The patient was treated with 15-mg/kg single dose praziquantel, and follow-up stool examination was negative after one month. There was no evidence of relapse during the next six months.

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피인용 문헌

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