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Two Cases of Human Lagochilascaris Infection in Colombia^*

David Botero AND M. D. Little

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Two human cases of infection with Lagochilascaris are described from Colombia. One patient was a 21 year-old woman who suffered from repeated attacks of tonsillitis and passage of worms from the nose. When a tonsillectomy was performed, numerous worms were found in the tissues. Treatment with thiabendazole and mebendazole was ineffective. She was cured after treatment with levamisole. The second patient was a 7 year-old girl who had a painful abscess on the neck that contained adult worms. She was also cured of this infection after treatment with levamisole. These are the first cases described from Colombia, and bring the total number of human cases recorded to twenty-three.

Accepted for publication November 22, 1983.

^* Supported in part by grant number AI-04919 from the NIAID, National Institutes of Health.