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- A three-year-old child in Minia City, Egypt, was diagnosed with an intestinal mite infection after finding mold mite eggs and adults (Tyrophagus putrescentiae) and Blastocystis sp. trophozoites in his stool samples.
- The child experienced severe abdominal pain and burning sensations around the anus, while other family members had the same mites in their feces but showed no symptoms.
- Treatment involved ivermectin, given in three doses every 10 days, which resolved the child’s symptoms, indicating he was also dealing with an asymptomatic blastocystosis.
Article Abstract
We are hereby reporting a case where the eggs and adults of the mold mites; Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Shrank) and the trophozoites of Blastocystis sp. were found in stool of three years old child from Minia City, Egypt. Intestinal mite infection was diagnosed after repeated identification of mite' stages from six consecutive stool samples to exclude the possibilities of contamination and spurious infection. The patient was suffering from severe colicky abdominal pain and burning sensation around the anus one month ago. All other members of his family were having the same acarine in their feces, but were all symptomless. The patient was treated with ivermectin 200 µg/kg body weight once every 10 days for three doses. His cure indicated that he was having asymptomatic blastocystosis.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710620 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1584-4 | DOI Listing |
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