title: Infestation of the human intestine by the millipede, Nopoiulus kochii.
abstract: Specimens of the millipede, Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais) were seen in faeces and vomit of a 14-year-old boy residing in Oltu, Erzurum, Turkey. The patient complained of a burning sensation in his throat and stomach-ache. Physical examination revealed no pathological findings, and how the patient became infected was unknown. Anti-parasitic drugs (niclosamide, albendazole), which he had been taking intermittently for 2 years by the prescription of a physician, had not resolved the problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, Ataturk University, Medical School, Erzurum, Turkey. ertekmustafa@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ertek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yazgi
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Torun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayyildiz
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tasyaran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey; D014839:Vomiting / Q000469:parasitology