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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 40(6), 1989, pp. 648-650
Copyright © 1989 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Intestinal Perforation Caused by Larval Eustrongylides (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidae) in New Jersey

Mark L. Eberhard, Herman Hurwitz, Antonio M. Sun AND Domenic Coletta
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia; Damon Clinical Laboratories, Trevose, Pennsylvania; and Memorial Hospital of Salem County, Salem, New Jersey

Two large living nematodes were removed from the peritoneal cavity of a 17-year-old youth complaining of intense abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. The worms measured 55 and 59 mm in length and were identified as fourth-stage larvae of Eustrongylides. The patient gave a history of swallowing live minnows while fishing.






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