[Eight cases of diphyllobothriasis]

Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1990 Mar;64(3):328-34. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.64.328.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Eight cases of diphyllobothriasis have been experienced in the Juntendo University Hospital. Seven of the 8 patients excreted tapeworm fragments. Eggs of Diphyllobothrium latum were found in the feces in 5 cases. One patient had a history of ingestion of raw trout (Sushi), and 2 raw salmon. One might have been infected in foreign countries, and 3 could not tell the source of infection. Bithoinol was administered orally to 7 patients. Four of the 7 excreted the worm and the scolex was recognized in three of the four. Neither recurrence nor abnormal findings have been recognized so far.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bithionol / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Diphyllobothriasis / drug therapy
  • Diphyllobothriasis / parasitology*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Bithionol