Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Diphyllobothriasis in a nine-year-old child in India: a case report. | Ramana et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5 332 http content 5 1 332 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CASE REPORTS CASE REPORT Open Access Diphyllobothriasis in a nine-year-old child in India a case report 1 1 1 1 1 2 KV Ramana Sanjeev Rao Moses Vinaykumar M Krishnappa Rajeshwar Reddy Mohammed Sarfaraz Vamshikrishna Kondle2 MS Ratnamani3 and Ratna Rao3 Abstract Introduction The Diphyllobothrium genus belongs to the Diphyllobothridea order of tapeworms. Diphyllobothrium spp. which is commonly known as fish tapeworm is generally transmitted in humans but also in other species such as bears dogs cats foxes and other terrestrial carnivores. Although worldwide in distribution the original heartland of Diphyllobothrium spp. spreads across Scandinavia northern Russia and western Serbia. We report a rare case that occurred in India. Case presentation A nine-year-old south Indian girl was brought to the casualty at the Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences with complaints of vomiting and loose stools that had started three days earlier. The vomit did not have a foul smell and contained no blood or mucus but it did contain undigested food particles. The patient described a history of recurrent abdominal pain. She was a non-vegetarian and said she had a history of eating fish. Conclusion The incidence of Diphyllobothrium spp. infection is infrequent in India. Since this is only the fourth reported case in India and since the previously reported cases also involved observed pediatric patients we emphasize the need for clinical microbiologists and pediatricians to suspect fish tapeworm infection and recommend epidemiological study of Diphyllobothrium spp. infection. Introduction The Diphyllobothrium genus belongs to the Diphyllobo-thridea order of tapeworms. Diphyllobothrium spp. which are commonly known as fish tapeworms are generally transmitted to humans 1 . Definitive first and second intermediary hosts of Diphyllobothrium spp. include humans mammals
