Hepatic capillariasis in a 1-year-old child.
We described the 2nd European case of hepatic capillariasis. The diagnosis of this parasitosis caused by Capillaria hepatica was made by needle biopsy of the liver in a 1-year-old girl who presented with a triad of persistent fever, hepatomegaly and hypereosinophilia. The child recovered completely after treatment with thiabendazole (Mintezol, Merck, Sharp and Dohme, Hoddeston, UK).
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Children's Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Degrémont
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Gebbers
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Tönz
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D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013827:Thiabendazole