RT Book, Section
A1 White, Jr., A. Clinton
A1 Weller, Peter F.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1156507141
T1 Cestode Infections
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156507141
RD 2024/04/20
AB Cestodes,  or  tapeworms,  are  segmented  worms.  The  adults  reside  in  the  gastrointestinal  tract,  but  the  larvae  can  be  found  in  almost  any  organ.  Human  tapeworm  infections  can  be  divided  into  two  major  clinical  groups.  In  one  group,  humans  are  the  definitive  hosts,  with  the  adult  tapeworms  living  in  the  gastrointestinal  tract  (Taenia  saginata,  Diphyllobothrium,  and  Dipylidium  caninum).  In  the  other,  humans  are  intermediate  hosts,  with  larval-stage  parasites  present  in  the  tissues;  diseases  in  this  category  include  echinococcosis,  sparganosis,  and  coenurosis.  Humans  may  be  the  definitive  and/or  intermediate  hosts  for  Taenia  solium;  both  stages  of  Hymenolepis  nana  are  found  simultaneously  in  the  human  intestines.