| Title | A 2-year-old Girl with Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection Treated with Oral Praziquantel and a Laxative. | | Author(s) | Fujita A, Migita M, Ueda T, Fukunaga Y | | Institution | Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School. | | Source | J Nippon Med Sch 2008 Aug; 75(4):225-7. | | Abstract | We report a case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in a 2-year-old Japanese girl. When infection occurs in early childhood, it is necessary to offer supportive care in addition to standard treatment with oral praziquantel or with of a duodenal tube using a radiopaque contrast medium. We treated D. nihonkaiense infection in a 2-year-old girl successfully treated with oral praziquantel and a laxative. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 18781046 |
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