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Hymenolepis infection differential diagnosis

Introduction

Overview

Overview

Hymenolepiasis must be differentiated from tapeworm infections like diphyllobothriasis, taeniasis, and schistosomiasis.

Hymenolepis infection differential diagnosis

Hymenolepis infection differential diagnosis

Hymenolepiasis must be differentiated from tapeworm infections like diphyllobothriasis, taeniasis, and schistosomiasis.[1]

Infections Common causative threadworms Suggestive findings Diagnostic approach Treatment
Hymenolepiasis Hymenolepis nana
Taeniasis Taenia solium and Taenia saginata
  • Stool examination for the eggs and proglottids
  • Brain CT scan or Biopsy (for cysticercosis)
Diphyllobothriasis Diphyllobothrium latum and Diphyllobothrium latum
Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma japonicum,Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium)
References

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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