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

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

Hymenolepis infection differential diagnosis

Hymenolepiasis must be differentiated from threadworm 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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