A case of clonorchis infection in Singapore--clinical and pathological features

Cheah, J.S.; Kan, S.P.; Ghosh, M.B.; Chiang, G.S.

Singapore Medical Journal 11(4): 287-289

1970


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675
PMID: 5511862
Document Number: 29728
Clonorchis sinensis infection in a man in Singapore is reported. Treatment with 500 mg. Chloroquine diphosphate daily for 14 days failed to reduce the number of eggs in the stool. The patient, who had initially presented with cardiac failure, died and postmortem examination revealed adult C. sinensis in the bile-ducts.

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