Butcher A R, Parasuramar P, Thompson C S, Grove D I
Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia.
Int J Parasitol. 1998 Apr;28(4):607-10. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(97)84372-x.
A 78-year-old woman presented with an 18-month history of intermittent diarrhoea. Examination of her stools revealed brachylaimid eggs, which were present in three separate specimens over a week. After treatment with praziquantel a degenerate adult Brachylaima species was recovered from her faeces. She lived in a rural area of South Australia and ate vegetables grown in her own garden which had been infested with helicid snails. In south Australia these introduced European helicid snails are commonly infected with brachylaimid intermediate larval stages and are considered to be the source of the human infection.
一名78岁女性，有18个月间歇性腹泻病史。对其粪便检查发现短膜壳绦虫卵，在一周内的三个不同样本中均有发现。用吡喹酮治疗后，从其粪便中发现了一只退化的短膜壳绦虫成虫。她生活在南澳大利亚的农村地区，食用自家花园种植的蔬菜，这些蔬菜被柄眼蜗牛污染。在南澳大利亚，这些引进的欧洲柄眼蜗牛通常感染短膜壳绦虫中间幼虫阶段，被认为是人类感染的来源。
