Infestation with the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum after eating raw fish
van Doorn, H.R.; van Vugt, M.; Wetsteyn, J.C.F.M.; van Gool, T.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 149(44): 2470-2472
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 16285364 Document Number: 585880
A 31-year-old man with no relevant medical history encountered a white, ribbon-shaped object, 15 cm long and approximately 1 cm wide, in his faeces [Netherlands]. The organism was later identified as Diphyllobothrium latum, a tapeworm that has fish as the intermediate host. The patient had eaten raw fish and shellfish during a holiday in Brazil 5 months before. He recovered after a single dose of praziquantel.