A case of poly-parasitism involving a trematode and four different nematodes in a migrant from Bihar
| Author(s) : | B Uppal Kharbanda P Wadhwa V Rai S, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2007 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | Reported is a case of seven-year-old, migrant from Bihar state, infested with Fasciolopsis buski Strongyloides stercoralis Ascaris lumbricoides , Trichuris trichiura and Ankylostoma duodenale in feces. Patient responded to treatment with piperazine, thiabendazole and albendazole, the importance of considering multiple and non-endemicparasite infestations in migrant of poor socio-economic background is emphasized., |