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{{Diphyllobothriasis}}
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==Overview==
==Overview==
Enterobiasis must be differentiated from threadworm infections like taeniasis, hymenolepiasis, and schistosomiasis.
[[Diphyllobothriasis]] must be differentiated from tapeworm infections like [[taeniasis]], [[hymenolepiasis]], and [[schistosomiasis]].


==Differentiating diphyllobothriasis from other diseases==
==Differentiating diphyllobothriasis from other diseases==
[[Diphyllobothriasis]] must be differentiated from tapeworm infections like [[taeniasis]], [[hymenolepiasis]], and [[schistosomiasis]].<ref name="Medical microbiology">{{cite book | last = Baron | first = Samuel | title = Medical microbiology | publisher = University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | location = Galveston, Tex | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-9631172-1-1 }}</ref>
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Threadworm infections
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Infections
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Common causative threadworms
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Suggestive findings  
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Suggestive findings  
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Diagnostic approach
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Diagnostic approach
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Treatment
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" |Treatment
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" | Taeniasis
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Diphyllobothriasis]]
[[Taenia solium and Taenia sagginata]]
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*Nausea
* ''[[Diphyllobothrium|Diphyllobothrium latum]]''
*Vomiting
 
*Epigastric pain
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*[[Epigastric pain]]
*[[Diarrhea]]
*[[Fatigue]]
*[[Nausea]]
*[[Vomiting]]
*[[Numbness]]
*[[Tingling]]
 
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*Stool examination for the eggs and proglottids
*[[Stool examination]] for the eggs and adults
*Brain CT scan or Biopsy (for cystesarcosis)
*[[PCR]]
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* [[Praziquantal]]
* [[Praziquantel]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |Hymenolepiasis
 
[[Hymenolepis nana]]
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" |[[Taeniasis]]
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* [[Taenia solium|''Taenia solium'']]
* [[Taenia saginata|''Taenia saginata'']]


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*Nausea
*[[Nausea]]
*Vomiting
*[[Vomiting]]
*Abdominal pain
*[[Epigastric pain]]
*Dizziness
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*Stool examination for the eggs and proglottids
*[[Stool examination]] for the eggs and [[Proglottid|proglottids]]
*[[Computed tomography|Brain CT scan]] or Biopsy (for cysticercosis)
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* [[Praziquantal]]
* [[Praziquantel]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" | Schistosomiasis
| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" | [[Hymenolepiasis]]
([[Schistosoma japonicum]] and [[Schistosoma mansoni]]) [[Schistosoma haematobium]])
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* [[Hymenolepis infection causes|''Hymenolepis nana'']]
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*Abdominal pain
*[[Nausea]]
*Cough
*[[Vomiting]]
*Diarrhea
*[[Abdominal pain]]
*Fever
*[[Dizziness]]
*Fatigue
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*Stool examination for the eggs
*[[Stool examination]] for the eggs and [[Proglottid|proglottids]]
*USG liver
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* [[Praziquantal]]
* [[Praziquantel]]
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| align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC;" | [[Schistosomiasis]]
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* [[Schistosoma japonicum|''Schistosoma japonicum'']]
* [[Schistosoma mansoni|''Schistosoma mansoni'']]
* [[Schistosoma haematobium|''Schistosoma haematobium'']]
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*[[Abdominal pain]]
*[[Cough]]
*[[Diarrhea]]
*[[Fever]]
*[[Fatigue]]
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*[[Stool examination]] for the eggs
*[[Ultrasound]] of [[liver]]
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* [[Praziquantel]]


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Latest revision as of 21:24, 29 July 2020

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

Diphyllobothriasis must be differentiated from tapeworm infections like taeniasis, hymenolepiasis, and schistosomiasis.

Differentiating diphyllobothriasis from other diseases

Diphyllobothriasis must be differentiated from tapeworm infections like taeniasis, hymenolepiasis, and schistosomiasis.[1]

Infections Common causative threadworms Suggestive findings Diagnostic approach Treatment
Diphyllobothriasis
Taeniasis
Hymenolepiasis
Schistosomiasis

References

  1. Baron, Samuel (1996). Medical microbiology. Galveston, Tex: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.

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