Hymenolepis diminuta Infection in an Adult’s Lung: A Rare Case Report
Received Date: Jul 05, 2023 / Accepted Date: Jul 28, 2023 / Published Date: Aug 07, 2023
Abstract
Hymenolepis diminuta is a cosmopolitan parasite of rats and mice which is very rare in humans but has been reported from various areas of the world. We report a human case of Hymenolepis diminuta pulmonary infection in Jiangsu Province, China and it has never been reported in patient’s Lung before. In the process of the diagnosis, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology helps a lot. The infection was treated with albendazole and showed clinical and parasitological cure.
Keywords: Hymenolepis diminuta; Pulmonary infection; High-throughput sequencing; Albendazole
Citation: Li J, Tian K, Sun W, Shi B (2023) Hymenolepis diminuta Infection in an Adult’s Lung: A Rare Case Report. Diagnos Pathol Open S13:007. Doi: 10.4172/2476-2024.8.S13.007
Copyright: © 2023 Liu J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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