title: Hookworm causing melaena and severe anaemia in early infancy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Budhathoki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bhurtyal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amatya
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dutta
mesh_terms: 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*