[Infestation with the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum after eating raw fish].
A 31-year-old man with no relevant medical history encountered a white, ribbon-shaped object, 15 cm long and approximately 1 cm wide, in his faeces. It turned out to be Diphyllobothrium latum, a tapeworm that has fish as the intermediate host. The patient had eaten raw fish and shellfish during a holiday in Brazil 5 months before. He recovered after a single dose of praziquantel.
van Doorn
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Afd. Medische Microbiologie, sectie Parasitologie, L1-245, Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam. h.r.vandoorn@amc.uva.nl
van Vugt
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Wetsteyn
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005506:Food Contamination; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017747:Seafood / Q000469:parasitology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000871:Anthelmintics; D011223:Praziquantel