Infection with Hymenolepis diminuta (Rodolphi, 1819) in a Child from North of Iran: Case Report
Abstract
We report a human case of Hymenolepis diminuta 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 H. diminuta 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.
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2. Andreassen J, Bennet-Jenkins EM, Bryant C (1999). Immunology and biochemistry of Hymenolepis diminuta. Adv Parasitol, 42: 223-75.
3. Schantz PM (1996). Tapeworms (cestodi-asis). Gastroenterol Clin North Am, 25 (3): 637-653.
4. Watwe S, Dardi CK (2008). Hymenolepis diminuta in a child from rural area. Indian J Pathol Microbiol, 51 (1): 149-50.
5. Makki MS, Mowlavi G, Shahbazi F et al (2017). Identification of Hymenolepis diminu-ta Cysticercoid Larvae in Tribolium castane-um (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Beetles from Iran. J Arthropod Borne Dis, 11 (2): 338-343.
6. Muller R (2002). Worms and Human Disease. 2nd ed. London: CABI. pp: 138.
7. Patamia I, Cappello Elisa, Castellano-Chiodo D et al (2010). A human case of Hymenolepis diminuta in a child from eastern Sicily. Korean J Parasitol, 48 (2): 167-9.
8. Rohela M, Ngui R, Lim YAL et al (2012). A case report of Hymenolepis diminuta infec-tion in a Malaysian child. Trop Biomed, 29 (2): 224-30.
9. Tiwari S, Karuna T, Rautaraya B (2014). Hy-menolepis diminuta infection in a child from a rural area: A rare case report. J Lab Phy-sicians, 6(1): 58-9.
10. Mowlavi GH, Mobedi I, Mamishi S et al (2008). Hymenolepis diminuta (Rodolphi, 1819) infection in a child from Iran. Iran J Public Health, 37 (2): 120–122.
11. Motakef M (1968). Report of a case infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Mashad. Jour-nal of Mashad School of Medicine, 10: 472-74.
12. Ghadirian E, Arfaa F (1972). Human infec-tion with Hymenolepis diminuta in villages of Minab, southern Iran. Int J Parasitol, 2: 481-2.
13. Marangi M, Zechini B, Fileti A et al (2003). Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a child liv-ing in the urban area of Rome, Italy. J Clin Microbiol, 41 (8): 3994-5.
14. Kolodziej P, Rzymowska J, Stępień-Rukasz H et al (2014). Analysis of a child infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Poland. Ann Agric Environ Med, 21 (3): 510-11.
15. Cohen IP (1989). A case report of a Hyme-nolepis diminuta infection in a child in St James Parish, Jamaica. J La State Med Soc, 141 (3): 23-4.
16. Kia EB, Homayouni MM, Farahnak A et al (2001). Study of endoparasites of rodents and their zoonotic importance in Ahvaz, southwest Iran. Iran J Public Health, 30 (1-2): 49–52.
17. Meshkekar M, Sadraei J, Mahmoodzadeh A, Mobedi I (2014). Helminth Infections in Rattus ratus and Rattus norvigicus in Tehran, Iran. Iran J Parasitol, 9 (4): 548-52.
18. Wiwanitkit V (2004). Overview of Hymenolepis diminuta infection among Thai patients. MedGenMed, 6(2): 7.
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| Issue | Vol 48 No 8 (2019) | |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v48i8.2998 | |
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| Hymenolepis diminuta Gastrointestinal symptoms Praziquantel Iran | ||
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SHARIFDINI M, HAJIALILO E, GHANBARZADEH L, SARAEI M. Infection with Hymenolepis diminuta (Rodolphi, 1819) in a Child from North of Iran: Case Report. Iran J Public Health. 2019;48(8):1528-1531.
