[A case report of human lagochilascariasis coming from Pará State, Brazil].
A new case of lagochilascariasis is reported in a child from Xinguara, PA, Brazil. The patient had an abscess in the right cervical region, which was drained at the Clinical Hospital of UFG. Eggs and adult stages of Lagochilascaris minor were found in the secretion of the abscess. Treatment with albendazol, at a dosage of 400 mg/day for 30 days, associated with antibiotics promoted regression of the lesion.
Vieira
M A
MA
Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO.
de Oliveira
J A
JA
Ferreira
L S
LS
de Oliveira
V
V
Barbosa
C A
CA
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole