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Fasciolopsiasis
is infection with the intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis
buski, which is acquired by eating aquatic plants.
F. buski is present in the intestine of pigs in many parts of Asia. Human infection is acquired by eating aquatic plants, such as water chestnuts, bearing infectious metacercariae. Adult worms attach to and ulcerate the mucosa of the proximal small bowel, thereby causing diarrhea, abdominal pain, and signs of malabsorption. Treatment is with praziquantel 25 mg/kg po tid for 1 day.
Last full review/revision November 2005
Content last modified November 2005
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