[Eight cases of diphyllobothriasis].
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.
Ebe
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T
Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine.
Matsumura
M
M
Mori
T
T
Takahashi
M
M
Kohara
T
T
Inagaki
M
M
Isonuma
H
H
Hibiya
I
I
Hamamoto
T
T
Funayama
H
H
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
D001735:Bithionol