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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 1998, p. 2375-2376, Vol. 36, No. 8
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Human Infection with Hymenolepis diminuta: Case Report from Spain

Daniel Tena, Montserrat Pérez Simón, Carmen Gimeno, María Teresa Pérez Pomata,* Soledad Illescas,dagger Izaskun Amondarain, Alejandro González, Jesús Domínguez, and Julia Bisquert

Sección de Microbiología, Hospital General Universitario, Guadalajara, Spain

Received 25 September 1997/Returned for modification 12 March 1998/Accepted 29 April 1998

We report a case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a human. The patient was a 5-year-old girl referred to us through the onset of a cyanotic attack. Treatment with a single dose (10 mg/kg of body weight) of praziquantel was ineffective, but the parasite was eradicated after three treatment cycles with the same drug at dosages of 25 mg/kg/day for 5 days.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Sección de Microbiología, Hospital General Universitario, C/Donante de sangre s/n, 19002 Guadalajara, Spain. Phone: 949-209236. Fax: 949-209218. E-mail: mtperezp{at}medynet.com.

dagger Present address: Servicio de Análisis Clínicos, Hospital Virgen Altagracia, 13200 Manzanares, Ciudad Real, Spain.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 1998, p. 2375-2376, Vol. 36, No. 8
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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