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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Hymenolepiasis]] must be differentiated from threadworm infections like [[diphyllobothriasis]], [[taeniasis]], and [[schistosomiasis]].
[[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 threadworm infections like [[diphyllobothriasis]], [[taeniasis]], and [[schistosomiasis]].<ref name="Medical microbiology">{{cite book | last = Baron | first = Samuel | title = Medical microbiology | publisher = University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | location = Galveston, Tex | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-9631172-1-1 }}</ref>
[[Hymenolepiasis]] must be differentiated from tapeworm  infections like [[diphyllobothriasis]], [[taeniasis]], and [[schistosomiasis]].<ref name="Medical microbiology">{{cite book | last = Baron | first = Samuel | title = Medical microbiology | publisher = University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | location = Galveston, Tex | year = 1996 | isbn = 0-9631172-1-1 }}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 25 February 2019

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

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

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

  1. Baron, Samuel (1996). Medical microbiology. Galveston, Tex: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.

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