Journal of Nippon Medical School
Online ISSN : 1347-3409
Print ISSN : 1345-4676
ISSN-L : 1345-4676
Case Reports
A 2-year-old Girl with Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Infection Treated with Oral Praziquantel and a Laxative
Atsushi FujitaMakoto MigitaTakahiro UedaYoshitaka Fukunaga
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2008 Volume 75 Issue 4 Pages 225-227

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We report a case of Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense infection in a 2-year-old Japanese girl. When infection occurs in early childhood, it is necessary to offer supportive care in addition to standard treatment with oral praziquantel or with of a duodenal tube using a radiopaque contrast medium. We treated D. nihonkaiense infection in a 2-year-old girl successfully treated with oral praziquantel and a laxative.
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