Case study

http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2002/hymenolepsis/clinical.htm



Case Report: from United States


Rat tapeworm, H. diminuta, infection found in a child. Although 200 cases have been reported world-wide, no American medical literature from 1965 to 1990. In 1989, Dr. Hamrick of the Department of Pediatrics at University of North Carolina School of Medicine(HJH) found a 17 month old boy with worm in feces. Treated with one dose of niclosamide, he suffered no further complications. There was no suspected or unusual exposure except corn muffins from commercially available sources. This provides a warning to keep all food products, especially cereals, flour, meal, grains and dried fruits free from contamination by rats, mice and insects.




Hamerick, HJ, Bowdre, JH, and Church, S. (1990) Rat tapeworm(Hymenolepis diminuta) infection in a child. Pediatric Infections Disease Journal 9: 216-219.