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1: Infez Med. 2008 Mar;16(1):37-9.Click here to read Links

[Acute abdomen due to massive intestinal ascaridiasis: a case report]

[Article in Italian]

Scarlata F, Giordano S, Infurnari L, Rubino R, Iacono M, Nasta R, Romano A.

Istituto Patologia Infettiva e Virologia, Università Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Ascaridiasis is a geohelminthiasis with a worldwide distribution, especially occurring in countries with hot-humid climates. The infection occurs most frequently in children between three and nine years of age. We report a case of ascaridiasis regarding a ten-year-old girl born in Bangladesh who arrived in Italy about one year before. During laparotomy for suspected acute appendicitis, a large number of ascaridia nematodes were seen in the small intestine.

PMID: 18367882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]