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- Title
Annoying vacation souvenir: Fish tapeworm ( Diphyllobothrium sp .) infestation in an Austrian fisherman.
- Authors
Stadlbauer, Vanessa; Haberl, Renate; Langner, Cord; Krejs, Günter; Eherer, Andreas
- Abstract
Diphyllobothriosis is infestation with the fish tapeworm. Although the worldwide incidence has decreased in recent decades, increased travel and the new popularity of dishes involving raw fish (e.g. sushi) may provide a higher risk of infestation in formerly low-risk areas. We report an Austrian fisherman who passed a 75 cm tapeworm segment in his stool. Infestation presumably occurred 14 months earlier during a fishing tour in Alaska. At presentation, the patient was asymptomatic, reported no weight loss and showed neither anaemia nor eosinophilia. He was cured with a single dose of 10 mg/kg body weight praziquantel.
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2005, Vol 117, Issue 21/22, p776
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-005-0463-3