A case of albendazole and niclosamide resistant Taenia saginata infection

Authors

  • Aroop Mohanty Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • T. Shantikumar Singh Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Tshering Ongmu Bhutia Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Pratima Gupta Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
  • Priyanka Gupta Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20172497

Keywords:

Albendazole and niclosamide resistance, Taenia saginata, Taeniasis

Abstract

Taenia saginata infection is an important food-borne parasitic zoonosis which is endemic in countries where majority of people eat raw or inadequately cooked beef. The infection is rare in India except in Jammu Kashmir and Northeast states, India. Majority of taeniasis patients are asymptomatic, few may present with a variety of abdominal symptoms and rarely hepatobiliary complications. Diagnosis is made commonly by finding proglottids and or eggs in the faeces.  Here we report a chronic and uncomplicated case of saginata taeniasis resistant to niclosamide and albendazole but responded to a single dosage of praziquantel 15 mg per Kg body weight.

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Published

2017-05-27

How to Cite

Mohanty, A., Singh, T. S., Bhutia, T. O., Gupta, P., & Gupta, P. (2017). A case of albendazole and niclosamide resistant Taenia saginata infection. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 5(6), 2821–2823. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20172497

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Case Reports