title: Pancreatitis due to ascaris lumbricoides, a case report.
abstract: Ascaris is the 2nd commonest intestinal parasite world-wide. Although infection can pass asymptomatic, some can present with complications. The reported case is a Syrian female patient presented with acute on top of chronic pancreatitis due to A. lumbricoides. She received Ascaris treatment every 6 months but still having eggs in stool due repeated infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Qurashi
authors.forename: Karam M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Maklad
authors.forename: Ommaiyah
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Al Abdulwahed
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D012008:Recurrence; D013593:Syria; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics