Acute appendicitis caused by Schistosoma japonicum

J Infect Public Health. 2017 May-Jun;10(3):331-333. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 Jun 6.

Authors

Abhishek Maiti¹, Audrey Wanger², Violeta Chavez², Daniel T Smith³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address: abhishek.maiti@uth.tmc.edu.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States.

PMID: 27283925
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.05.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Animals
Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
Appendicitis / diagnosis*
Appendicitis / parasitology*
Female
Humans
Praziquantel / therapeutic use
Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosomiasis japonica / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anthelmintics
Praziquantel