Rare Case of Enteric Ancylostoma Caninum Hookworm Infection, South Korea

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2019 Dec 20

PMID 31855538

Citations 7

Authors

Bong-Kwang Jung

Jung-Yeop Lee

Taehee Chang

Hyemi Song

Jong-Yil Chai

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Abstract

A 60-year-old man from South Korea underwent a colonoscopy. A juvenile female worm showing 3 pairs of teeth in the buccal cavity was recovered from the descending colon. Partial sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region showed 100% identity with Ancylostoma caninum, the dog hookworm.

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