title: [Intestinal bilharziasis with rectal bleeding: apropos of 3 cases].
abstract: The authors report three cases of Schistosoma mansoni infection among European women coming back from Burkina-Faso. Six weeks after the infestation, these three patients showed, at first, a bloody diarrhoea, then large oedemas. The treatment, with praziquantel, was not tolerate very well and all the three patients had a high fever after. This case report requests a clarification about the frequency of such symptoms. The authors focus, through this observation, on the necessity of increasing the number of stools parasitologic analysis in order to diagnose. A sole negative analysis cannot eliminate it. Sometimes, only the rectal biopsy can find the eggs of the parasite.
authors.affiliation: Département des maladies parasitaires et tropicales, hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourée
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cornet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bisaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012007:Rectum; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D011223:Praziquantel
vernacular_title: Bilharziose intestinale avec rectorragies: à propos de trois cas.