Hookworm causing melaena and severe anaemia in early infancy.
Hookworm infestation is usually acquired by transcutaneous penetration of larvae whilst walking barefoot on contaminated soil. We present a small infant who presented with melaena and severe anaemia requiring multiple blood transfusions where the cause of gastro-intestinal bleeding was found to be massive hookworm infestation.
Budhathoki
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Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Shah
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Bhurtyal
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Amatya
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Dutta
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D000740:Anemia / Q000469:parasitology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000469:parasitology; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000469:parasitology*