Dipylidium caninum in Puerto Rico: report of a human case
Oberle, M.W.; Knight, W.B.; Hernández, L.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 71(7): 258-260
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 295652 Document Number: 700008
Dipylidium caninum infection was diagnosed in a 20-month-old girl from Naranjito, Puerto Rico, with a prolonged history of anal pruritis and mild anorexia. 2 attempts at treatment with paromomycin were unsuccessful but a single 1 g oral dose of niclosamide produced a clinical and parasitological cure.
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