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Case Reports
. 2011 Nov 15:2011:bcr0720114510.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4510.

Dipylidium caninum infection

Raúl Romero Cabello  1 , Aurora Candil Ruiz, Raul Romero Feregrino, Leticia Calderón Romero, Rodrigo Romero Feregrino, Jorge Tay Zavala
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Case Reports

Dipylidium caninum infection

Raúl Romero Cabello et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Dipylidium caninum is a cestode that requires from the participation of an arthropod in its life cycle. This parasitosis occurs in dogs and cats, and occasionally in human beings. Human cases of D caninum infection have been reported in Europe, Philippines, China, Japan, Latin America and the United States; mostly children, one third of them being infants under 6 months old. The diagnosis of this disease is done by the parasitological study of the feces, observing the characteristics of the gravid proglottids. The treatment is performed by administering broad-spectrum anthelmintics. The authors report a case of a rare infection in a Mexican child.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Organisms of Dipylidium caninum.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Gravid proglottids of D caninum.
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Figure 3
Scolex of D caninum.
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Figure 4
Gravid proglottids of D caninum where we can see the genital pore.
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Figure 5
Close up of a gravid proglottid of D caninum.
Figure 6
Figure 6
Close up of a genital pore of D caninum.
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