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Intestinal perforation due to Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus infection in Thailand
P Radomyos1, A Chobchuanchom, A Tungtrongchitr
1Department of Tropical Paediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Tropical Medicine and Parasitology : Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
The ninth record of a human infection with the acanthocephalan worm Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus in Thailand is reported. The parasite was removed during laparotomy after perforation through the intestine of a 30-year-old woman.