Intestinal capillariasis: indigenous cases from Chiang Mai and Phayao provinces, Thailand
Benjanuwattar, T.; Morakote, N.; Somboon, P.; Sivasomboon, B.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 73(7): 414-417
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 2246630 Document Number: 358599
Two cases of intestinal capillariasis were presented from new locations in northern Thailand, i.e., Phayao and Chiang Mai provinces. Both of them had chronic voluminous diarrhea and malabsorption. It was believed that they acquired the infection indigenously. Both adult worms and their eggs, presented in the feces, were identified as Capillaria philippinensis but with morphological variation. The infection was treated effectively with a prolonged administration of mebendazole.