| Literature DB >> 1636874 |
G Chichino1, A M Bernuzzi, A Bruno, C Cevini, C Atzori, A Malfitano, M Scaglia.
Abstract
We report a case of intestinal capillariasis in a 32-year-old Italian man. After he made a trip to Indonesia that lasted approximately one month, he developed heartburn, abdominal pain, irregular bowel movements, headache, fatigue, weight loss, low-grade fever, and severe itching. The diagnosis was provided by the recovery of Capillaria philippinensis eggs in the stool. Treatment with oral albendazole, 200 mg twice a day for 21 days, resulted in clinical and parasitologic cure. This is the first report of C. philippinensis infection acquired in Indonesia.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1636874 DOI： 10.4269/ajtmh.1992.47.10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345