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DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIUM

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Infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans is seldom to be reported in Egypt. This liver fluke, which commonly infects ruminants, has a complex life cycle with two intermediate hosts; the land snail and the ant. Human infection occurs by accidental ingestion of the second intermediate host. The present reported a patient suffered from recurrent acute chole-cystitis with chronic urinary schistosomiasis whose Kato stool examination showed Dicroceolium dendriticum eggs. He
was successfully treated with Mirazid

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10.21608/jesp.2015.97559

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Egypt, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Schistosomiasis, Treatment

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OSAMA

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ABD ELLA

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H.

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Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Qena South Valley University, Egypt.

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ABDALLAH

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MOHAMMAD

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E.

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Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Qena South Valley University, Egypt.

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45

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3

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14487

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2015-12-01

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2020-06-23

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2015-12-01

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629

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632

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1110-0583

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2090-2549

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JESP_Volume 45_Issue 3_Pages 629-632.pdf

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology

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DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIUM

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22 Jan 2023