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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2703-2704, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2703-2704.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Trichuris vulpis Recovered from a Patient with Chronic Diarrhea and Five Dogs

James J. Dunn,1,2 Sharon T. Columbus,1 William E. Aldeen,1 Mark Davis,3 and Karen C. Carroll1,2*

ARUP Laboratories, Inc.,1 Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah,2 Surgical Clinics, Ltd., Galesburg, Illinois3

Received 14 January 2002/ Returned for modification 12 February 2002/ Accepted 4 April 2002

ABSTRACT

We report a case of human infection with the whipworm of dogs, Trichuris vulpis, in a woman with duodenal ulcer disease, chronic diarrhea, and close contact with dogs. Morphologically, T. vulpis ova resemble those of the human whipworm (T. trichiura) but are nearly twice their size.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: ARUP Laboratories, 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. Phone: (801) 583-2787, ext. 2337. Fax: (801) 584-5207. E-mail: carrolkc{at}aruplab.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2703-2704, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2703-2704.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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