Patologia Diagnóstica: Acesso Aberto

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Hymenolepis diminuta Infection in an Adult’s Lung: A Rare Case Report

Jingjie Liu, Kang Tian, Wangyuan Sun, Bin Shi

Hymenolepis diminuta is a cosmopolitan parasite of rats and mice which is very rare in humans but has been reported from various areas of the world. We report a human case of Hymenolepis diminuta pulmonary infection in Jiangsu Province, China and it has never been reported in patient’s Lung before. In the process of the diagnosis, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology helps a lot. The infection was treated with albendazole and showed clinical and parasitological cure.