Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Diplogonoporiasis Following the Consumption of Raw Juvenile Japanese Anchovy
Junichi Kaneko, Takanori Yamada, Hirotomo Kato, Yuya Ida, Kenta Yamada, Megumu Koda, Kyoichi Fukita, Yu Takeshita, Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Takinami, Atsushi Tsuji, Masafumi Nishino, Yurimi Takahashi, Yuzo Sasada
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Keywords: parasitic disease, tapeworm, Diplogonoporus balaenopterae, raw juvenile Japanese anchovy, genetic analysis
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2022 Volume 61 Issue 18 Pages 2813-2815

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Abstract

Human diplogonoporiasis caused by the tapeworm Diplogonoporus balaenopterae has been rarely reported in Japan in the last decade. A 38-year-old man complained of a fever, diarrhea, intermittent abdominal pain, and worm excretion. He had a history of consuming raw juvenile Japanese anchovy one month earlier. On admission, the patient had acute enteritis and received intravenous fluids. During hospitalization, he excreted a white worm in his stool. On a macroscopic examination, the worm was found to be a tapeworm with scolexes. His health improved spontaneously without taking anthelmintic agents. Based on the genetic analysis, the tapeworm was identified as Diplogonoporus balaenopterae.

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