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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3994-3995, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3994-3995.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Hymenolepis diminuta Infection in a Child Living in the Urban Area of Rome, Italy

Massimo Marangi, Barbara Zechini, Angelica Fileti, Giorgio Quaranta, and Antonio Aceti*

Department of Infectious Diseases, Sant'Andrea Hospital, II Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome "La Sapienza," 00189 Rome, Italy

Received 27 January 2003/ Returned for modification 23 March 2003/ Accepted 24 May 2003

We report a case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in an Italian child affected by tuberous sclerosis. Praziquantel is the drug of choice for the treatment of H. diminuta infection. However, considering the patient's neurological disease, we decided to use not praziquantel but niclosamide, which proved equally effective.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sant'Andrea Hospital, II Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Via di Grottarossa 1036, 00189 Rome, Italy. Phone: 39 06 80345272. Fax: 39 178 2228564. E-mail: professoraceti{at}tiscali.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3994-3995, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3994-3995.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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