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Review
. 1999 Aug;11(8):935-6.
doi: 10.1097/00042737-199908000-00023.

Intestinal capillariasis acquired in Egypt

D N Austin  1 , M G Mikhail, P L Chiodini, I M Murray-Lyon
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Review

Intestinal capillariasis acquired in Egypt

D N Austin et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1999 Aug.

Abstract

A 34-year-old Egyptian man presented with a 4-month history of profound weight loss, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Extensive investigations in Egypt had failed to provide a diagnosis but subsequent stool examinations revealed ova of Capillaria philippinensis. The patient made a slow but complete recovery after treatment with albendazole. The literature on intestinal capillariasis is reviewed.

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