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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 25;106(1):219-221.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0204.

Case Report: Human Bertiellosis-A Rare Cestode Infection in a South African Child

Nitesh Naranbhai  1 , Rochelle A Singh  2 , Bhavani Moodley  3 , Khine Swe Swe Han  4   5 , Moherndran Archary  6 , Nomonde Mvelase  4   5
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Case Report: Human Bertiellosis-A Rare Cestode Infection in a South African Child

Nitesh Naranbhai et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .

Abstract

Cestodes of Bertiella genus are parasites of nonhuman primates. We describe a rare case of human bertiellosis in South Africa: a 3-year-old girl with a 1-year history of rectal proglottid discharge and intermittent abdominal pain. After repeated failure with benzimidazole antihelminthic treatment, praziquantel proved successful.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Intact strobilia passed with stool. (B) Unstained proglottid segments showing bowtie appearance. (C) Proglottid segments compressed between glass slides. (D) Ova viewed with light microscopy. (E) Ova viewed with Nomarski differential interference contrast microscopy; images (D) and (E) show the typical pyriform apparatus within ova. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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