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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Dipylidium caninum: First case in an adult female from uttarakhand and review of literature
Suneeta Meena1, Arpana Singh1, V Pradeep Kumar1, Rohit Gupta2, Pratima Gupta1
1 Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
2 Department of Gastroneterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Correspondence Address:
Suneeta Meena
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Rishikesh - 249 201, Uttarakhand
India
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DOI: 10.4103/tp.TP_22_19 
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Dipylidium caninum is a rare cestode infection in India, only previously reported in children. We herein report the case of a 50-year-old female from India who presented with a 1-year history of abdominal pain associated with vomiting, cough, and passing worm segments in stool. She had been treated with albendazole without benefit. A stool examination revealed proglottids and egg clusters of D. caninum. She was treated with praziquental 600 mg once daily for 5 days. At follow-up a month later, she had recovered completely, and repeat stool examination was negative for proglottids and eggs. Dipylidiasis can rarely occur among adults in India and present with abdominal pain and cough.
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