title: Intestinal perforation due to Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus infection in Thailand.
abstract: The ninth record of a human infection with the acanthocephalan worm Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus in Thailand is reported. The parasite was removed during laparotomy after perforation through the intestine of a 30-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Paediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Radomyos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chobchuanchom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tungtrongchitr
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013785:Thailand