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|([[Schistosoma japonicum]],[[Schistosoma mansoni]] and [[Schistosoma haematobium]]) | |([[Schistosoma japonicum|''Schistosoma japonicum'']],[[Schistosoma mansoni|''Schistosoma mansoni'']] and [[Schistosoma haematobium|''Schistosoma haematobium'']]) | ||
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| [[Diphyllobothrium latum]] and [[Diphyllobothrium latum]] | | [[Diphyllobothrium latum|''Diphyllobothrium latum'']] and [[Diphyllobothrium latum|''Diphyllobothrium latum'']] | ||
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||[[Hymenolepis infection causes|Hymenolepis nana]] | ||[[Hymenolepis infection causes|''Hymenolepis nana'']] | ||
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Overview
Schistosomiasis must be differentiated from tapeworm infections that cause abdominal pain, fever, chills, cough, and muscle aches such as like diphyllobothriasis, hymenolepiasis, and taeniasis.
Schistosomiasis differential diagnosis
Schistosomiasis must be differentiated from tapeworm infections that cause abdominal pain, fever, chills, cough, and muscle aches such as like diphyllobothriasis, hymenolepiasis, and taeniasis.The table below summarizes the findings that differentiate schistosomiasis from other conditions that may cause abdominal pain, fever, chills, cough, and muscle aches.[1]
Infections | Common causative threadworms | Suggestive findings | Diagnostic approach | Treatment |
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Schistosomiasis | (Schistosoma japonicum,Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium) |
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Taeniasis | Taenia solium and Taenia saginata |
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Diphyllobothriasis | Diphyllobothrium latum and Diphyllobothrium latum |
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Hymenolepiasis | Hymenolepis nana |
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References
- ↑ Baron, Samuel (1996). Medical microbiology. Galveston, Tex: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. ISBN 0-9631172-1-1.