A dangerous freshwater contact. (28th October 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Giacomet, V; Manfredini, V; Mameli, C; Marinacci, F; Zuccotti, G V
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2010
• Publication Date: 2010-10-28
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2010.2620
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : An 8-year-old girl was presented to our department for persistent diarrhoea. A first diagnosis of tuberculosis, along with the result of the chest x-ray scan, had been posed some months before, after a holiday in Brazil, when she started presenting aspecific systemic and gastrointestinal symptoms. The girl was under specific antitubercular treatment when we first saw her. New diagnosis of schistosomiasis was posed by our laboratory tests. Treatment with praziquantel was started and complete resolution of clinical and radiological picture was observed.