Dipylidiasis in children, a generally misdiagnosed cestodiasis. First case reported in Venezuela

  • Luisa Carolina González-Ramírez National University of Chimborazo. Faculty of Health Sciences. Clinical and Histopathological Laboratory Career. Research Group “Analysis of Biological and Forensic Samples”. Riobamba http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4431-965X
  • María Alejandra Blanco de García University of the Andes. Faculty of Pharmacy and Bioanalysis. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology. Chair of Parasitology. Parasitological Research Laboratory "Jesús Moreno Rangel". Merida http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-0201
  • Florimar Gil-Gómez University of the Andes. Faculty of Pharmacy and Bioanalysis. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology. Chair of Parasitology. Parasitological Research Laboratory "Jesús Moreno Rangel". Merida http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8778-1895
  • José Javier Díaz-Mora Children's Clinic. Merida http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5949-2308
  • Oscar Noya-González Central University of Venezuela. Institute of Tropical Medicine. Biohelminthiasis section. Caracas. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-8159
  • José Gregorio Prato-Moreno National University of Chimborazo. Faculty of Engineering. Clean Energy and Environment Research Group. Riobamba http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8381-404X
  • Màrius Vicent Fuentes University of Valencia. Faculty of Pharmacy. Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and Parasitology. Parasites & Health Research Group. Burjassot. Valencia. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9508-6390
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3406795
Keywords: Dipylidium caninum, Cestode Infections, parasite, zoonoses, children, Venezuela

Abstract

The first case report of human dipylidiasis in Venezuela is presented, including the diagnosis and treatment of a two-year-old child’s infection. The diagnosis was parasitologically confirmed, the child was treated with praziquantel and the animal reservoir and its fleas were identified

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González-Ramírez LC, Blanco de García MA, Gil-Gómez F, Díaz-Mora JJ, Noya-González O, Prato-Moreno JG, Fuentes MV. Dipylidiasis in children, a generally misdiagnosed cestodiasis. First case reported in Venezuela. Kasmera [Internet]. 2019Dec.1 [cited 2025Mar.12];47(2):138-43. Available from: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/27469
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