Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Arvand International Division and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
S Maraghi MD
Department of Pediatrics, Abouzar Children's Hospital, and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
A Shamsizadeh MD
Department of Parasitology and Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
A Rafiei PhD
Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
H Javaherizadeh MD
Correspondence to: Dr H Javaherizadeh
Received April 20, 2013
Human moniliformiasis is rare in the world. This is the fifth case reported from Iran since 1971. The case was a one-year-old boy from a wealthy family in Ahwaz city southwest Iran. The parents of patient observed white long threads in his feces. The child had no clinical symptoms. The feces was delivered to diagnostic laboratory for further examination. In macroscopic examination of stool, segmented like adult worms and in microscopic examination ova of parasites were seen. The mean length of male was about 60 mm and female about 210 mm, and the mean size of ova was about 100 mm, Morphological study of the worms and ova indicated that the worms were Moniliformis moniliformis. Cell blood counts of the patient was normal. The patient was treated with levamisole (3 mg/kg/day) for 3 days and expelled totally 15 worms.
