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Dacochordodes Bacescui Capuse, 1966: Report of the First Two Isolations from Humans
Author(s) -
Zoran Pikula,
Sergei E. Spiridonov,
Ednar T Drljevic
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/1996/818016
Subject(s) - nausea , abdominal pain , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , surgery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
This report describes two cases of isolation of Dacochordodes bacescui Capuse, 1966 from human intestinal infections. In the first case, two adult worms were identified in the vomitus of a man suffering from abdominal pain and nausea. In the second case, a worm was passed in the stool of a woman suffering from abdominal pain and pruritus. Human gastrointestinal infection with this parasite has not previously been reported.

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