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Diphyllobothrium pacificum infection is seldom associated with megaloblastic anemia

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dc.contributor.author Jimenez, J.A.
dc.contributor.author Rodriguez, S.
dc.contributor.author Gamboa Morán, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author Rodriguez, L.
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:35:51Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:35:51Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11216
dc.description.abstract Twenty cases of Dyphillobothrium pacificum (fish tapeworm) infections were prospectively studied to determine whether this tapeworm is associated with megaloblastic anemia, as commonly reported for D. latum infections. The most frequent symptoms were fatigue and mild abdominal pain, which were identified in approximately 66.6% of the 18 patients interviewed. Fourteen patients received treatment with niclosamide and all were cured. The other six patients spontaneously eliminated the tapeworms. One patient, who also had chronic diabetes and gastric atrophy, had low vitamin B12 levels and megaloblastic anemia. In all other patients, including three other patients with anemia, baseline vitamin B12 levels were in the reference range and did not significantly change when re-assessed three months later. Unlike D. latum, infection with D. pacificum is seldom associated with megaloblastic anemia or vitamin B12 deficit. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject non endemic disease en_US
dc.subject disease association en_US
dc.subject abdominal pain en_US
dc.subject fatigue en_US
dc.subject interview en_US
dc.subject clinical article en_US
dc.subject disease course en_US
dc.subject infection control en_US
dc.subject parasite identification en_US
dc.subject egg en_US
dc.subject blood smear en_US
dc.subject treatment response en_US
dc.subject Anemia, Megaloblastic en_US
dc.subject blood sampling en_US
dc.subject Cestoda en_US
dc.subject cestodiasis en_US
dc.subject cyanocobalamin en_US
dc.subject cyanocobalamin deficiency en_US
dc.subject diabetes mellitus en_US
dc.subject dietary intake en_US
dc.subject Diphyllobothriasis en_US
dc.subject Diphyllobothrium en_US
dc.subject Diphyllobothrium latum en_US
dc.subject diphyllobothrium pacificum en_US
dc.subject fish en_US
dc.subject glibenclamide en_US
dc.subject hematocrit en_US
dc.subject hematological parameters en_US
dc.subject megaloblastic anemia en_US
dc.subject niclosamide en_US
dc.subject oral antidiabetic agent en_US
dc.subject stomach atrophy en_US
dc.subject symptom en_US
dc.subject Vitamin B 12 en_US
dc.title Diphyllobothrium pacificum infection is seldom associated with megaloblastic anemia en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0067
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1476-1645


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