Endoscopy as an alternative diagnostic and therapeutic technique for Taenia saginata

Endoscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic alternative technique of taeniasis.

Despite a low incidence in developed countries, gastrointestinal taeniasis should be suspected in patients with abdominal pain, diarrhea, anemia, and/or malabsorption of unknown origin, even more so if they come from endemic regions or areas with poor hygienic and alimentary habits. Diagnosis is traditionally reached by identifying the parasite in stools, but more recently both serological and ...

About human taeniasis and Taenia saginata diagnosis by endoscopy.

La carta al editor se refiere al artículo de Canaval-Zuleta et al. aceptado para publicación, titulado "Endoscopy as an alternative diagnostic and therapeutic technique for Taenia saginata". El trabajo presenta una serie de incorrecciones que deben ser aclaradas, o al menos parte de ellas en solo 300 palabras. La información sobre las vias de infeccion en taeniasis, así como la patogenia y técn...

Etymologia: Taenia saginata

Oral expulsion of Taenia saginata.

We report a 25-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever, and had an epigastric lump on examination. At laparotomy she was diagnosed to have acute segmental jejunitis. Three days postoperative, she vomited a 2-meter-long tapeworm (Taenia saginata), a rare route of expulsion.

The golden hamster as a definitive host of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata.

Immunosuppressants have been extensively used to increase the susceptibility of various laboratory animals to several species of nematodes (Campbell , 1963; 1968; Campbell & Collette, 1962 ; Di Netta , Katz & Campbell , 1972 ; Miller, 1966; Mougeot & Lancastre, 1970 ; Parker, 1961; Ritterson, 1959 ; Wiest, 1972; Wakelin, 1970). Only a few of these compounds have been used to increase susceptibi...