title: [Eight cases of diphyllobothriasis].
abstract: Eight cases of diphyllobothriasis have been experienced in the Juntendo University Hospital. Seven of the 8 patients excreted tapeworm fragments. Eggs of Diphyllobothrium latum were found in the feces in 5 cases. One patient had a history of ingestion of raw trout (Sushi), and 2 raw salmon. One might have been infected in foreign countries, and 3 could not tell the source of infection. Bithoinol was administered orally to 7 patients. Four of the 7 excreted the worm and the scolex was recognized in three of the four. Neither recurrence nor abnormal findings have been recognized so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isonuma
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hibiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Funayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001735:Bithionol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001735:Bithionol