title: TAENIA SAGINATA INFECTION IN A 14-MONTH-OLD TODDLER.
abstract: A 14-month-old female toddler presented with a 3-day history of pass- ing gravid proglottids of Taenia saginata. Neither she nor her family members had a history of eating raw beef or other raw meat. Single doses of praziquantel and niclosamide were administered. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest described patient with T. saginata infection to date.
authors.forename: Raweerat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sitcharungsil
authors.forename: Dorn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Watthanakulpanich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008460:Meat; D009534:Niclosamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D066256:Raw Foods; D041202:Taenia saginata; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D011223:Praziquantel; D009534:Niclosamide