[Holiday dreams with a downside: uncommon tapeworm infection in an infant].
Eight weeks after his return from Mauritius, a 2.5-year-old boy started to show signs of gastrointestinal illness including diarrhoea with frequent ill-smelling stools as well as restlessness, insomnia and apathy. Proglottids excreted with the faeces were diagnosed as Raillietina madagascariensis (Davain, 1870), the tropical rat tapeworm. Treatment with praziquantel (10 mg/kg BW) proved to be efficient.
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Heinrich
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Institut für Parasitologie und Zoologie, Department für Pathobiologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Osterreich. Heinrich.Prosl@vu-wien.ac.at
D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008436:Mauritius; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D011223:Praziquantel