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An unusual helminth infection in a South East Asian refugee
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Bradbury, RS and Males, C and Goldsmid, JM, An unusual helminth infection in a South East Asian refugee, Annals of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, 11, (1) pp. 16-18. ISSN 1448-4706 (2010) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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Abstract
Three faecal specimens for parasitic examination from a clinically well threeyear-
old South East Asian refugee with a history of eosinophilia, who had
previously been treated for a Giardia intestinalis infection, were submitted
to the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of the Royal Hobart
Hospital for faecal parasite investigations. No parasites were seen in
the formalin-ethyl acetate concentrate of the specimens. A small number of
modifi ed acid-fast bodies were observed in the modifi ed iron haematoxylinstained
permanent smears. These bodies resembled larvated hookworm
eggs, but were much larger and more cylindrical. Some were asymmetrical
in shape and others showed some degree of unipolar tapering. Following this
fi nding, a new formalin-ethyl acetate concentrate of the patient’s stool was
thoroughly re-examined and the eggs were found to be present in very low
numbers in this specimen. The eggs were identifi ed as possibly belonging to
the trichostrongylid nematode family.
Item Details
Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Medical microbiology |
Research Field: | Medical parasitology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Bradbury, RS (Dr Richard Bradbury) |
UTAS Author: | Goldsmid, JM (Professor John Goldsmid) |
ID Code: | 64553 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2010-08-12 |
Last Modified: | 2013-03-06 |
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