A 2-year-old girl with Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection treated with oral praziquantel and a laxative.
We report a case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in a 2-year-old Japanese girl. When infection occurs in early childhood, it is necessary to offer supportive care in addition to standard treatment with oral praziquantel or with of a duodenal tube using a radiopaque contrast medium. We treated D. nihonkaiense infection in a 2-year-old girl successfully treated with oral praziquantel and a laxative.
Fujita
Atsushi
A
Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. bxl02761@nms.ac.jp
Migita
Makoto
M
Ueda
Takahiro
T
Fukunaga
Yoshitaka
Y
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054368:Laxatives / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008277:Magnesium Oxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000871:Anthelmintics; D054368:Laxatives; D008277:Magnesium Oxide; D011223:Praziquantel