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Bajpai Trupti1,2, Nandedkar Shirish2, Pandey Maneesha3
1Department of Microbiology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore, MP, India.
Abstract:
Spirometra is a genus of pseudophyllidean cestode that reproduces in canines and felines but can cause pathology in humans. When humans harbour plerocercoids of these tapeworms outside the intestine, it can cause sparganosis. We report a case of urinary sparganosis in a young woman, passing multiple spargana worms in her urine. The worm was identified as the plerocercoid larvae of Spirometra spp., and the case was managed successfully.
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