Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease
Infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans is rarely reported in the medical literature. This liver fluke, which commonly infects ruminants, has a complex life cycle with two intermediate hosts – the land snail and the ant. True human infection occurs by ingestion of the second intermediate h...
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| description | Infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans is rarely reported in the medical literature. This liver fluke, which commonly infects ruminants, has a complex life cycle with two intermediate hosts – the land snail and the ant. True human infection occurs by ingestion of the second intermediate host, but spurious infections have occurred after consumption of undercooked animal liver. The present report describes a patient with active Crohn’s disease whose stool contained D dendriticum eggs. A brief discussion of the medical literature is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-18e23c13a97b4d33ac8c61349a9d4a9b2025-02-03T01:02:06ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002008-01-0122657157310.1155/2008/912791Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s DiseaseFranzjosef Schweiger0Magdalena Kuhn1Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Laboratories, South East Health Care Corporation, The Moncton Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Department of Laboratories, South East Health Care Corporation, The Moncton Hospital, Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaInfection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans is rarely reported in the medical literature. This liver fluke, which commonly infects ruminants, has a complex life cycle with two intermediate hosts – the land snail and the ant. True human infection occurs by ingestion of the second intermediate host, but spurious infections have occurred after consumption of undercooked animal liver. The present report describes a patient with active Crohn’s disease whose stool contained D dendriticum eggs. A brief discussion of the medical literature is presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/912791 |
| spellingShingle | Franzjosef Schweiger Magdalena Kuhn Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease |
| title_full | Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease |
| title_short | Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease |
| title_sort | dicrocoelium dendriticum infection in a patient with crohn s disease |
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