The present report describes a patient with active Crohn's disease whose stool contained D dendriticum eggs. A brief discussion of the medical literature is presented. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

2008/26/1/97/38879 Dear editor, A 21-year-old Afghani woman, who had recently come to Germany, presented with acute urticaria affecting the complete integument. [doi.org]

• Anemia

  In large numbers adult Dicrocoelium can cause cirrhosis of liver (leading to decreased function), anemia, edema and serve weight loss. What is the treatment for Dicrocoelium dendriticum ? A drug called Praziquantel is usually highly effective. [wasmuthlab.wordpress.com]

  The clinical picture in severe cases consists of anemia, edema and emaciation, but many cases show no clinical signs. Diagnosis. The very small eggs can be detected by direct microscopic stool examination. Prevention. [atlas.or.kr]

  Infections in alpacas and llamas are associated with an acute decline in condition, recumbency, hypothermia, and anemia. Liver enzyme values tend to be within normal limits. [merckvetmanual.com]

  Accordingly, symptoms such as irritation in bile ducts, infectious hepatitis, a swollen abdomen, enlarged and painful liver, diarrhea, constipation, eosinophilia, and anemia are the symptoms also seen in fascioliosis. 1 – 3 The prevalence of D. dendriticum [doi.org]

• Weight Loss

  We report a case in a 21-year-old male, who had right upper abdominal pain, weight loss, and chronic relapsing watery diarrhea three to four times daily for four weeks. The patient had abdominal tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  In large numbers adult Dicrocoelium can cause cirrhosis of liver (leading to decreased function), anemia, edema and serve weight loss. What is the treatment for Dicrocoelium dendriticum ? A drug called Praziquantel is usually highly effective. [wasmuthlab.wordpress.com]

  Original language English Journal Veterinary Parasitology Volume E-pub 9 May Early online date 9 May 2012 DOIs 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.018 State Published - 2012 Dicrocoeliosis was identified as the probable predisposing cause of weight loss and hepatogenous [research.ed.ac.uk]

  CASE Our patient was a 21-year-old male who had right upper abdominal pain, weight loss, and chronic relapsing watery diarrhea three to four times daily for four weeks. [doi.org]

• Abdominal Pain

  We report a case in a 21-year-old male, who had right upper abdominal pain, weight loss, and chronic relapsing watery diarrhea three to four times daily for four weeks. The patient had abdominal tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Although sometimes no symptoms are seen in patients infected with D. dendriticum, acute clinical symptoms such as eosinophilia, abdominal distention, painful liver, right upper abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, and anemia are observed in severely [doi.org]

  In heavier infections, symptoms may include cholecystitis, liver abscesses and upper abdominal pain. [cdc.gov]

• Chronic Diarrhea

  In contrast to acute diarrhea, most of the causes of chronic diarrhea are noninfectious. [doi.org]

• Hepatomegaly

  In heavy infections, bile ducts and the biliary epithelium may become enlarged with the generation of fibrous tissues around the ducts leading to hepatomegaly or inflammation of the liver (cirrhosis). [ajol.info]

  Symptoms caused by D. dendriticum in rare cases of human infections include chronic constipation or diarrhoea, hepatomegaly and biliary obstruction. [4] Unfortunately, since the patient was lost for follow-up, it could not be proven that D. dendriticum [doi.org]

Treatment Antimicrobial Regimen 1.Dicrocoelium dendriticum Preferred regimen: Praziquantel 25 mg/kg PO tid for 2 days[1] Note: Praziquantel is not approved for treatment of children less than 4 years old.[2] Alternative regimen (1): Myrrh (commiphora [wikidoc.org]

Albendazole treatment was instituted and after three months, body weight improved to 10.5kg. [ajol.info]

Oral dosing of the ewe lambs with 15mg/kg albendazole only achieved a 79.2% reduction in Dicrocoelium dendriticum egg count, 21day post treatment. [research.ed.ac.uk]

A brief discussion of the parasitology, pathology, clinical findings and treatment is presented. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A brief discussion of the parasitology, pathology, clinical findings and treatment is presented. ( JAMA 1988;259:567-568) [doi.org]

More recently, a cross-sectional survey of young children in Kumasi conducted to evaluate the etiology of anemia detected 2.0% of 197 children with D. dendriticum in stool samples [ 2 ]. [academic.oup.com]

Patrik Ellström * Section for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, School of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar; Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. [doi.org]

Author information 1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] animals 22min OIE rabies international standards: towards ‘Zero by 30’ 18min The OIE Rabies Vaccine Bank: a possible tool for outbreak response 1min First occurrence of liver fluke due to Dicrocoelium dendriticum and Fasciola hepatica in Palestine 8min Epidemiological [oiebulletin.com]

Using an ecological epidemiological approach, I characterized variability in transmission of an emerging host generalist parasite, Dicrocoelium dendriticum, in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta. [uleth.ca]

Prevention. There is no special preventive measure. Comments. Differential diagnosis between Eurytrema pancreaticum is needed. Mee-Sun, Ock Dicrocoeliid egg from human. Woon-Mok Sohn Adult worm of Dicrocoelium dendriticum. [atlas.or.kr]

[…] international interest in trematode infections, although factors such as the difficulties entailed in the diagnosis, the complexity of human and agricultural practices, the lack of assessments of the economic costs or the limited number of effective drugs are preventing [books.google.es]

To prevent infestation, cattle avoid patches of the greenest grass, which has been fertilized by manure. [wikidoc.org]

December 13, 2018 Kris Carter, DVM, MPVM, DACVPM, Epidemiologist, Center for Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Matthew E. [merckvetmanual.com]

Figure 1 (A) Life cycle of Dicrocoelium dendriticum, image courtesy of the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) at https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/dicrocoeliasis/index.html. See Introduction for details. [nature.com]