Molina Claudia P, Ogburn James, Adegboyega Patrick
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0588, USA.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Mar;127(3):e157-9. doi: 10.5858/2003-127-e157-IBDCIA.
Dipylidium caninum, the dog tapeworm, is a cosmopolitan parasite of dogs and cats and occasionally causes human infection in the United States. Diagnosis is made by observing the characteristic rice grain-like proglottids in stool specimens and the pathognomonic egg packets in the gravid uterus in histologic sections of the parasite. There have been few reported cases of human infection with this parasite, and very little information on the pathology of this zoonotic disease is available in the English language. This report of a case of D caninum infection in a 6-month-old infant highlights the diagnostic features of this disease. To our knowledge, this is the first case to be reported in the American pathology literature during the last 36 years (MEDLINE database, 1966-2002).
犬复孔绦虫是犬和猫的一种世界性寄生虫，在美国偶尔会导致人类感染。通过观察粪便标本中特征性的米粒样节片以及寄生虫组织切片中妊娠子宫内具有病理诊断意义的虫卵包来进行诊断。人类感染这种寄生虫的报道病例很少，关于这种人畜共患病病理学的英文信息也非常少。本报告的一名6个月大婴儿感染犬复孔绦虫的病例突出了这种疾病的诊断特征。据我们所知，这是过去36年（MEDLINE数据库，1966 - 2002年）美国病理学文献中报道的首例病例。
