Human infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorCengiz, Zeynep Tas
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorDulger, Ahmet Cumhur
dc.contributor.authorCicek, Mutalip
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:24:12Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:24:12Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractHuman dicrocoeliosis is reported sporadically in various parts of the world. We report a case in a 21-year-old male, who had right upper abdominal pain, weight loss, and chronic relapsing watery diarrhea three to four times daily for four weeks. The patient had abdominal tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant. Alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, and serum immunoglobulin E levels were slightly elevated; all other biochemical and hematological findings were in their normal ranges. The duodenal biopsy samples were normal and an abdominal ultrasonography showed no biliary or hepatic abnormality. Stool microscopy revealed numerous eggs of Dicrocoelium dendriticum. As pseudoparasitosis can result from eating raw, infected animal liver, the patient was given a liver-free diet for three days, to rule out that possibility. Subsequent stool examinations showed eggs in each of the samples indicating that the infection was genuine. The patient was treated with triclabendazole 10 mg/kg in a single dose. Four weeks later, no parasite eggs were detected in the microscopic examination of the stool samples. The patient got better gradually and the symptoms disappeared. Physicians should keep in mind parasitic diseases such as the rarely encountered dicrocoeliosis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/0256-4947.60525
dc.identifier.endpage161en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-4947
dc.identifier.issn1319-9226
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid20220269
dc.identifier.startpage159en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.60525
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/19517
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000275436000012
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherK Faisal Spec Hosp Res Centreen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals of Saudi Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject[No Keyword]en_US
dc.titleHuman infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Turkeyen_US
dc.titleHuman infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

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