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Locally acquired Brachylaima sp. (Digenea: Brachylaimidae) intestinal fluke infection in two South Australian infants
Author(s) -
Butcher Andrew R,
Talbot Graham A,
Norton Robert E,
Kirk Martyn D,
Cribb Thomas H,
Forsyth Jocelyn R L,
Knight Brodie,
Cameron A Scott
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122125.x
Subject(s) - digenea , trematoda , biology , helminths , medicine , zoology
Eggs of a small intestinal trematode were found in the faeces of two 21‐month‐old children from the same rural district of South Australia who presented 18 months apart with mild abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Treatment with praziquantel resulted in egg clearance and resolution of gastrointestinal symptoms. A brachylaimid intestinal trematode involving the common house mouse, poultry and introduced European helicid snails is well established in South Australia. Both infants had been seen eating raw snails, and snails from their environment were found to be infected with metacercariae of a brachylaimid trematode.