Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):821-823. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.240176.
We describe a case of a 2-year-old child who expelled a single adult female Ascaris lumbricoides worm. The patient is from a rural county in Mississippi, USA, with no reported travel outside of the United States. The caregivers in the home practice good sanitation. Exposure to domestic pigs is the likely source of infection.
我们描述了一例 2 岁儿童排出一条单一的成年雌性蛔虫的病例。该患者来自美国密西西比州的一个农村县,没有报告在美国境外旅行的情况。家中的照顾者有良好的卫生习惯。接触家猪可能是感染的来源。