A rare case of diphyllobothriasis from pondicherry, South India

Sheela Devi C; Shashikala; Srinivasan S; Murmu U; Barman P; Kanungo R

A rare case of diphyllobothriasis from pondicherry, South India

2007

Diphyllobothriasis is an intestinal parasitic infection caused by the ingestion of raw fresh-water fish containing the infectious larvae of Diphyllobothrium spp. This infection is uncommon in India. We report a case of diphyllobothriasis that occurred in Pondicherry, India, in a 5-year-old boy hailing from a fishing community. He attended the Pediatric OPD with spontaneous discharge of segments of the adult parasite. The segments (macroscopically and microscopically) were identified as those of Diphyllobothrium latum . The stool examination also revealed characteristic oval eggs.

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