Acta Pediatrica Espanola
Volume 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-81

Imported multiple parasite infection in a pediatric patient: Disease in the immigrant child [Infección parasitaria múltiple importada en una paciente pediátrica: Patología del niño inmigrante] (Article)

Ramos Macías L.* , Poch Páez J. , Pérez-Arellano J.L. , Alcuaz Romano R. , Rial González R.
  • a Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Pl. del Dr. Pasteur, s/n, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • b Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • c Unidad de Medicina Tropical, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • d Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Juan Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • e Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Abstract

Parasitic infections are an important health problem in the developing world. The World Health Organization has presented recent advances in the prevention and control of these infections. A considerable number of the immigrant children arriving in developed countries do so through international adoptions. These children can be carriers for diseases characteristic of their countries of origin. The pediatricians working in the countries that take them in are witnessing a major population movement and an increase in the incidence of imported diseases among our pediatric population. We present the case of an apparently healthy and asymptomatic twelve-year-old girl who was brought from Ethiopia in international adoption. The analysis of a fecal sample revealed the presence of coinfection with Schistosoma mansoni, Hymenolepis nana, Entamoeba histolytica, Blastocysts hominis and Enterobius vermicularis. The family requested the study because they had learned of a case of intestinal schistosomiasis infection in a girl who had arrived in Spain from Ethiopia together with their daughter.

Author Keywords

Parasitic infections Immigrant Imported diseases child Schistosoma mansoni

Index Keywords

case report female Schistosoma mansoni immigrant childhood disease parasitosis Enterobius vermicularis Blastocystis hominis Hymenolepis nana Article Entamoeba histolytica school child human child care schistosomiasis import disease feces analysis
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ISSN: 00016640
Cited by: 3
Original Language: Spanish