Biomaterial Database

Mesocestoides (Cestoda) in a child in Mississippi treated with paromomycin sulfate (humatin). 1980

W F Hutchison, and J B Martin

The fifth case of human infection with Mesocestoides in the United States is reported in a 17-month-old child living in Mississippi. The child was asymptomatic and the source of the infection in unknown. Stools examined after treatment with paromomycin sulfate (Humatin) revealed no further evidence of infection. This is the 18th case of Mesocestoides infection in man reported in the literature.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D008922	Mississippi	State bounded on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and Gulf of Mexico, and on the west by Arkansas and Louisiana.
D010303	Paromomycin	An aminoglycoside antibacterial and antiprotozoal agent produced by species of STREPTOMYCES.	Aminosidine,Catenulin,Estomycin,Hydroxymycin,Neomycin E,Gabbromycin,Humatin,Paramomycin,Paromomycin I,Paromomycin Phosphate,Paromomycin Sulfate,Paromomycin Sulfate (1:1),Paromomycin Sulfate (2:5),Paromomycin, beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-Isomer,Paromomycin, beta D Glucopyranosyl Isomer,beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-Isomer Paromomycin
D002590	Cestode Infections	Infections with true tapeworms of the helminth subclass CESTODA.	Bertielliasis,Cenuriasis,Coenuriasis,Dipylidiasis,Raillietiniasis,Tapeworm Infection,Bertielliases,Cenuriases,Cestode Infection,Coenuriases,Dipylidiases,Infection, Cestode,Infection, Tapeworm,Infections, Cestode,Infections, Tapeworm,Raillietiniases,Tapeworm Infections
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man