Diphyllobothrium pacificum infection is seldom associated with megaloblastic anemia

García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Rodriguez, S.; Gamboa Morán, Ricardo; Jimenez, J.A.; Rodriguez, L.

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.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