title: A Rare Cause of Diarrhea in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: Dipylidium caninum.
abstract: We report the first case of dipylidiasis in a kidney transplant recipient. Watery diarrhea due to Dipylidium caninum was observed in a male patient who had been undergone kidney transplantation 2 years before. The patient was successfully treated with niclosamide. D. caninum should be considered as an agent of diarrhea in transplant patients.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: sahinidris@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey; Nephrology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Health Ministry Malatya State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köz
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atambay
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kayabas
authors.affiliation: Kidney Transplant Unit, Department of General Surgery, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Piskin
authors.affiliation: Kidney Transplant Unit, Department of General Surgery, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Unal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002589:Cestoda; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009534:Niclosamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D066027:Transplant Recipients
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D009534:Niclosamide