Rohela, Mahmud and Romano, Ngui and Yvonne Ai Lian, Lim and Kalaichelvan, B. and Wan Hafiz, Wan Ismail and Mohd Redzuan, A. N. (2012) A case report of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a Malaysian child. Tropical Biomedicine, 29 (2). pp. 224-230. ISSN 2521-9855.
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Abstract
We report a case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a 2-year-old Malaysian child. This case was initially reported as ‘normal’ after the examination of proglottids shed from the anus of the child at a private laboratory on two occasions. The putative proglottids shed was then referred to the Parasite Southeast Asia Diagnostic (Para:SEAD) Laboratory, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya for further examination. Microscopic examination confirmed that the child was infected with H. diminuta based on the characteristic eggs found in the proglottids. She was treated with a single dose praziquantel (20 mg/kg of body weight) and recovered well.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hymenolepis diminuta infection, Malaysian child, proglottids shed. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Gani |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2023 07:26 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2023 07:26 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42324 |
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