A human case of Thelazia callipaeda infection in a 3-year old children in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture

東洋眼虫の人体寄生例は関東以西で、おもに九州から報告されてきた。中国地方におけるこの寄生虫の人体症例は下田ら(1))が第1例を、Miura et al. (2))が第2例をいずれも岡山県から報告しているだけである。今回福山市で初めて人体症例に遭遇したので報告する。A case of eye infection of Thelazia callipaeda was observed in a 3-year old children in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture in 1995. He had a pain or feeling like a foreign object in his right eye. A total of 2 adults Thelazia callipaeda (male and female) was recovered from theconjunctival sac by an oculist. The symptoms were went out after the removal of the worms

A case of human infection with Diphyllobothrium in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture

Three strobilae with scoleces were expelled from a 16-year-old man by the administration of 600mg (20mg/kg) praziquantel. The No.1 strobila had a scolex 6.5cm in length. The No.2 strobila had a scolex 28cm in length. The No.3 strobila with a scolex and mature segments was 142cm in length. The No.3 strobila was identified as Diphyllobothrium latum by its morphological characteristics. The No.1 strobila had a scolex similar to that of the No.3 strobila. However, the No.2 strobila was equipped with a hammer-like scolex. This result suggests that the No.2 strobila belonged to species other than D. Latum