Severe alimentary bleeding associated with hookworm infestation in aboriginal infants.
Four infants are reported who manifested severe alimentary bleeding associated with evidence of massive acute hookworm infestation. The need to remember this parasite as a possible cause of melaena in infants in areas where it is endemic is stressed, as treatment is simple and effective.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000150:complications; D001315:Australia; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology*; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples