Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a child living in the urban area of Rome, Italy

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Aug;41(8):3994-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3994-3995.2003.

Abstract

We report a case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in an Italian child affected by tuberous sclerosis. Praziquantel is the drug of choice for the treatment of H. diminuta infection. However, considering the patient's neurological disease, we decided to use not praziquantel but niclosamide, which proved equally effective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Hymenolepiasis / diagnosis*
  • Hymenolepiasis / drug therapy*
  • Hymenolepis / isolation & purification
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Niclosamide / therapeutic use*
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Urban Population

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Niclosamide