Kalaivani Ramakrishnan, Nandhini Lakshmanaperumal, Seetha Kunigal Srinivasaiah
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India.
Australas Med J. 2014 Sep 30;7(9):379-81. doi: 10.4066/AMJ.2014.2136. eCollection 2014.
Hymenolepis diminuta (H. diminuta) is a common parasite of rats and mice. It is very rare among humans. The life cycle of this parasite is completed in two hosts. Human beings are accidentally infected due to ingestion of infected fleas. Most of the time human infections are asymptomatic. We report a case of Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a school-going 10-year-old girl from a coastal village in south Tamil Nadu. Demonstration of H. diminuta eggs in the stool is the important diagnostic tool. Absence of polar filaments confirms the Hymenolepis diminuta. Praziquantal is the drug of choice.
微小膜壳绦虫是大鼠和小鼠常见的寄生虫。在人类中非常罕见。这种寄生虫的生命周期在两个宿主中完成。人类因摄入受感染的跳蚤而意外感染。大多数情况下，人类感染是无症状的。我们报告了一例来自泰米尔纳德邦南部沿海村庄的10岁在校女童感染微小膜壳绦虫的病例。粪便中微小膜壳绦虫卵的检测是重要的诊断工具。无极丝可确诊为微小膜壳绦虫。吡喹酮是首选药物。
