Taenia Solium Sneezed out from Nose by an Asymptomatic Child.
Taenia solium is an intestinal parasite and may be excreted in feces in infected patients but our case is unique, as an asymptomatic child sneezed out the proglottids of the parasite from his nose. After the full course of antihelminthic drug the patient excreted a whole worm in his stool.
Department of Microbiology, Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Department of Microbiology, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000469:parasitology*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D041201:Taenia solium
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole
Antihelminthic drug; asymptomatic; Taenia solium; taeniasis.