Intestinal tapeworms. Do they still exist? Are they still able to surprise us?
Authors:
V. Vlková 1; P. Klapal 2; P. Starý 3
Authors‘ workplace:
Oddělení klinické mikrobiologie a imunologie
Krajská nemocnice Liberec, a. s.
Primář: MUDr. V. Kracík
1; Privátní gastroenterolog, Liberec
2; Praktický lékař pro dospělé, Liberec
3
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2007; 87(12): 735-737
Category:
Case Report
Overview
The authors highlight the fact that intestinal cestodes are still present in the Czech Republic even though their incidence is increasingly rare. A look at the Liberec region confirms this conclusion. The authors describe two less common cases of intestinal cestodes: the discovery of a tapeworm from the genus Taenia during a routine colonoscopy of a female patient following surgery for a tumour of the transverse colon, and an imported infection of a Czech citizen with Diphyllobothrium latum.
Key words:
intestinal cestodes, colonoscopy, Taenia saginata, Diphyllobothrium latum.
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General practitioner for children and adolescents General practitioner for adultsArticle was published in
General Practitioner
2007 Issue 12
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