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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 75(1), 2006, pp. 108-111
Copyright © 2006 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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SUBCUTANEOUS TAENIA CRASSICEPS INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA

KATHARINA HELDWEIN, HANS-GERNOT BIEDERMANN, WOLF-DIETER HAMPERL, GISELA BRETZEL, THOMAS LÖSCHER, DAVIDE LAREGINA, MATTHIAS FROSCH, DIETRICH W. BÜTTNER, AND DENNIS TAPPE*
Medical and Surgery Department, General Hospital Trostberg, Trostberg, Germany; Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Department of Helminthology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

Infections with larvae of Taenia crassiceps are rare in humans and have mostly affected patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. We report the first case of a patient with malignancy (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) and infection of the subcutis and muscles of the hand and forearm. Surgery and antiparasitic chemotherapy led to a complete cure.

Received January 10, 2006. Accepted for publication January 18, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dennis Tappe, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str., 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. E-mail: dtappe{at}hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de

Authors’ addresses: Katharina Heldwein, Hans-Gernot Biedermann, Wolf-Dieter Hamperl, and Davide LaRegina, Medical and Surgery Department, General Hospital Trostberg, Siegerthöhe 1, 83308 Trostberg, Germany. Gisela Bretzel and Thomas Löscher, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Leopoldstr. 5, 80802 Munich, Germany. Matthias Frosch and Dennis Tappe, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str., 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany, Telephone: 49-931-2014-6036, Fax: 49-931-2014-6445, E-mail: dtappe{at}hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de. Dietrich W. Büttner, Department of Helminthology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.




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