ADDITIONAL CASES OF TAPEWORM.

Additional Cases of Osteitis Deformans.

I SHOULD not have offered to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society a mere collection of cases such as this paper contains, if it were not for the hope that they may help to clearly indicate the chief characters of the disease to which I venture to give the name of osteitis deformans, and which, so far as I know, was first described in the paper published in the 60th volume of the Society's ...

Molecular Identification of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei Tapeworm in Cases of Human Sparganosis, Hong Kong

Human sparganosis is a foodborne zoonosis endemic in Asia. We report a series of 9 histologically confirmed human sparganosis cases in Hong Kong, China. All parasites were retrospectively identified as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei. Skin and soft tissue swelling was the most common symptom, followed by central nervous system lesions.

Fish tapeworm and sushi.

A variety of parasitic infections might be acquired by ingesting raw or undercooked fin fish (Table 1).1-3 Fish tapeworm, or Diphyllobothrium spp, is acquired by eating raw or undercooked freshwater or anadromous fish (ie, sea fish that spawn in freshwater rivers, such as salmon). Marinated and smoked fish can also transmit the worm.4 While cases in previously endemic areas have decreased, like...

A case of tapeworm infestation.

Streptococcal meningitis complicating myelography: report of additional cases.

6. Stevens DL, Tanner MH, Winship J, et al. Severe Group A streptococcal infections associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome. N Engl J Med 1989;321: 1-7. 7. Stevens DL. Invasive group A streptococcus infections. Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14:2-11. 8. Stevens DL. Invasive group A streptococcal infections: the past, present and future. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1994; 13:561-6. 9. Stevens DL, Musher DM, ...