title: [An imported human case of hookworm infection with worms in the rectum].
abstract: An imported case of rectal hookworm infection was diagnosed by stool examination and recovery of adult worms from the rectal mucosa by sigmoidoscopy. The chief complaints of a patient were diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss for about 1 month after returning from his travel abroad to the Southeast Asia. Leukocytosis(16,750/microliters) and peripheral eosinophilia(33.7%) were noticed without anemia. Typical hookworm eggs were detected by stool examination, and 3 worms were collected by sigmoidoscopy from rectal mucosa of this patient. Those worms were confirmed as adult worms of Ancylostoma duodenale(male:1, female:2) based on their morphological characteristics. The symptoms were relieved after treatment with anthelmintics. This case was considered as one of the imported parasitic infections in Korea, and a rare case of hookworm infection on human rectal mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000469:parasitology*; D014195:Travel