Infección por Inermicapsifer madagascariensis (Davaine, 1870); Baerm 1956.: Presentación de 2 casos
Rev. cuba. med. trop
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48(3): 224-226, sep.-dic. 1996.
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in Spanish
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RESUMEN
Se presentan 2 pacientes del sexo femenino y de la raza blanca, de 11 meses y 1 año de edad, respectivamente, con parasitismo intestinal por Inermicapsifer madagascariensis (Inermicapsifer cubensis) atendidas en la consulta externa de Pediatría del Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí" durante los últimos 3 años. Ambas pacientes, con historia de expulsar parásitos por el ano, que no curaban con los diversos tratamientos utilizados para taeniasis, fueron remitidas a este centro donde se hizo el diagnóstico de Inermicapsifer madagascariensis y se les aplicó el tratamiento específico con Praziquantel, desapareciendo el parasitismo.
ABSTRACT
Two female white patients of 11 months and 1 year of age, respectively, with intestinal parasitism due to Inermicapsifer madagascariensis (Inermicapsifer cubensis) are presented. They were attended at the Pediatrics Outpatient Department of the "Pedro Kourí" Institute of Tropical Medicine during the last 3 years. Both patients who did not cure with the different treatment used against taeniasis and who used to expel parasites through the snus, were referred to this center, where they were diagnosed Inermicapsifer madagascariensis. Parasitism dissapeared with a specific treatment with Praziquantel.
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Rev. cuba. med. trop
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Tropical Medicine
Year:
1996
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Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí/CU
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