Case Record of a Teaching Hospital in Karaj; A 35-Year Old Man With Taenia saginata Infection Treated With Niclosamide

Aliehsan Heidari,Sadegh Saedi,Moniereh Sezavar,Enayatollah Kalantar,Mohammad Hossein Dehghan,Parviz Fallah,Morteza Ghoghaee

doi:10.15171/ijep.2016.19

Abstract

Taeniasaginata can cause severe health and economic problems particularly in endemic areas. The disease cause by this cestode is related to poor sanitary conditions, inadequate hygiene, open defecation, inadequately cooked beef and poverty. A 35 years man found yellowish white tapeworm proglottids moving in his feces and consulted to the Department of Emergency, ShahidRajaei hospital, Karaj, Iran. He complained of lower abdominal discomfort, anal itching and moving something in the stomach. He was given wrong prescription. The patients had the history of eating undercooked beef. We report one case of T. saginata infection based on adult tapeworm recovery from the patients. The specific identification of the worm was based on based on standard procedures. Three months after expelling the tapeworm, the man felt better and returned to his normal life.

Highlights

Gastrointestinal infections caused by parasites present a significant burden for public health in poor communities.[1,2] Among parasitic infections, Taenia species infection, saginata is worldwide in distribution, causing taeniasis in humans and has the greatest economic and medical importance.[3]It seems that taeniasis is still present in rural areas of Iran, due to lack of meat inspection systems and sustainable education against this kind of infection
He complained of lower abdominal discomfort, anal itching, and something moving in the stomach
We report a case presented with abdominal pain and frequent excretion of intestinal worm which was diagnosed with the parasite Taenia saginata

Summary

Introduction

Gastrointestinal infections caused by parasites present a significant burden for public health in poor communities.[1,2] Among parasitic infections, Taenia species infection, saginata is worldwide in distribution, causing taeniasis in humans and has the greatest economic and medical importance.[3]It seems that taeniasis is still present in rural areas of Iran, due to lack of meat inspection systems and sustainable education against this kind of infection. A 35-year old man found yellowish white tapeworm proglottids moving in his feces and consulted with the Department of Emergency, Shahid Rajaei hospital, Karaj, Iran. We report a case of T. saginata infection based on an adult tapeworm recovery from the infection.

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