Zoonotic Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection detected by endoscopy

Romano Ngui; Yvonne A L Lim; Wan Hafiz Wan Ismail; Kie Nyok Lim; Rohela Mahmud

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0756

Zoonotic Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection detected by endoscopy

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Jul;91(1):86-8. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0756. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

Authors

Romano Ngui¹, Yvonne A L Lim², Wan Hafiz Wan Ismail², Kie Nyok Lim², Rohela Mahmud²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Parasite Southeast Asia Diagnostic (Para:SEAD) Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sunway Medical Centre, No. 5, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia skyromano@gmail.com.
² Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Parasite Southeast Asia Diagnostic (Para:SEAD) Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sunway Medical Centre, No. 5, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Abstract

We report a case of Ancylostoma ceylanicum infection detected by endoscopy. It was diagnosed and confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. The patient is a 58-year-old Malaysian woman who lives in a rural area, where uncontrolled populations of stray and semidomesticated dogs live in close proximity with humans.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ancylostoma / isolation & purification*
Ancylostomiasis / diagnosis*
Ancylostomiasis / pathology
Animals
Dogs
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Zoonoses