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SUBMITTER: Chong HF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7081025 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chong Hannah F HF Al Hammoud Roukaya R Chang Michael L ML
Case reports in pediatrics 20200307
We report a female toddler who presented repetitively with a chief complaint of motile white worms seen in her diapers. Symptoms of perianal itching and visualization of visible motile worms persisted for 6 months despite being treated with multiple courses of albendazole causing a lot of frustration and distress to the caregivers. The characteristics of the worms by inspection along with the presence of 3 pet dogs are consistent with <i>Dipylidium caninum</i>. ...[more]