Korean J Parasitol.
1983 Dec;21(2):219-223. 10.3347/kjp.1983.21.2.219.
Studies on intestinal trematodes in Korea VIII. A human case of Echinostoma hortense infection
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- 1Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- KMID: 1720251
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1983.21.2.219
Abstract
- Echinostomatid eggs were found from a 21-year old man, whole native village is Munkyong-gun, Kyongsangnam-do during fecal examination in October 1983. The eggs were detected again one week later concommitantly with the eggs of Clonorchis sinensis. He had no subjective symptoms related with these fluke infections. He was treated with praziquantel(Distocide) 20 mg/kg in single dose and purgated with magnesium salt. One echinostomatid fluke and 4 adults of C. sinensis were collected from the diarrheal stools. After morphological observation, the echinostomatid fluke was identified as Echinostoma hortense Asada, 1926. This is the first record on human E. hortense infection in Korea.
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