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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 29(3), 1980, pp. 478-479
Copyright © 1980 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Mesocestoides (Cestoda) in a Child in Mississippi Treated with Paromomycin Sulfate (Humatin®)*

William Forrest Hutchison AND James B. Martin
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 29316, and Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564

The fifth case of human infection with Mesocestoides in the United States is reported in a 17-month-old child living in Mississippi. The child was asymptomatic and the source of infection is unknown. Stools examined after treatment with paromomycin sulfate (Humatin®) revealed no further evidence of infection. This is the 18th case of Mesocestoides infection in man reported in the literature.

Accepted for publication January 19, 1980.


* Address reprint requests to: Dr. W. F. Hutchison, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216.






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