Abstract:
:We report a patient presenting with chronic diarrhoea of unidentified etiology. Laboratory results showed microcytic anemia, peripheral eosinophilia with negative results of stool sample smears and stool concentration technique. Ancylostoma duodenale was found in the caecum and terminal ileum during colonoscopy. The patient was treated with a 3-day course of 400 mg albendazole and iron supplement. The diarrhoea disappeared shortly after treatment. Physicians particularly in tropical areas should be aware of hookworms as causative agents of chronic diarrhoea and it may be found in the large intestine.
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Trop Biomedjournal_title
Tropical biomedicineauthors
Deesomsak M,Sawanyawisuth K,Prachayakul Vsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-03-01 00:00:00pages
187-9issue
1eissn
0127-5720issn
2521-9855journal_volume
31pub_type
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