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Intestinal capillariasis acquired in Egypt
D N Austin1, M G Mikhail, P L Chiodini
1Department of Gastroenterology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
|October 8, 1999
Abstract:
A 34-year-old Egyptian man presented with a 4-month history of profound weight loss, diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Extensive investigations in Egypt had failed to provide a diagnosis but subsequent stool examinations revealed ova of Capillaria philippinensis. The patient made a slow but complete recovery after treatment with albendazole. The literature on intestinal capillariasis is reviewed.