Analysis of a child infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Poland

Przemysław Kołodziej; Jolanta Rzymowska; Halina Stępień-Rukasz; Renata Lorencowicz; Maria Lucińska; Magdalena Dzióbek

doi:10.5604/12321966.1120592

Analysis of a child infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Poland

Ann Agric Environ Med. 2014;21(3):510-1. doi: 10.5604/12321966.1120592.

Authors

Przemysław Kołodziej¹, Jolanta Rzymowska¹, Halina Stępień-Rukasz¹, Renata Lorencowicz², Maria Lucińska³, Magdalena Dzióbek⁴

Affiliations

¹ Chair and Department of Biology and Genetics, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.
² Regional Sanitary-Epidemiological Station in Lublin, Poland.
³ Clinic No. 2 - NZOZ Eskulap in Starachowice, Poland.
⁴ Diagnostics - Medical Laboratories in Kielce, Poland.

PMID: 25292119
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1120592

Abstract

Hymenolepis diminuta is a cosmopolitan parasite of rats and mice which is very rare in humans. This study presents the case of a 3-year-old boy infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Poland. The diagnosis was based on eggs found and their morphology in the patient's stool.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Feces / parasitology
Humans
Hymenolepiasis / drug therapy
Hymenolepiasis / parasitology
Hymenolepiasis / prevention & control*
Hymenolepis diminuta / cytology
Hymenolepis diminuta / isolation & purification*
Male
Ovum / cytology
Poland
Praziquantel / therapeutic use

Substances

Anthelmintics
Praziquantel