Dipylidium caninum mimicking recurrent Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infection

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-399

  Samkari, Ayman ^a   Kiska, Deanna L ^b   Riddell, Scott W ^b   Wilson, Kathy ^b   Weiner, Leonard B ^a   Domachowske, Joseph B ^a,c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipylidiasis; Dipylidium caninum; Enterobius vermicularis; Pinworms

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESTODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPYLIDIASIS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TAPEWORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEBENDAZOLE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 42049099270     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807310247     Document Type: Article

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