Chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain: Pin the pinworm

Rajamanickam, Anitha; Usmani, Ali; Suri, Sanjeev; Dimov, Vesselin

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“…Enterobius vermicularis , the common pinworm, is the most common helminth infection in North America. 1,2 It is estimated that there are approximately 40 million infected individuals annually in the United States alone. 2 One reason for this high burden of infection is the ready transmission of E vermicularis eggs from infected individuals.…”

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“…1,2 It is estimated that there are approximately 40 million infected individuals annually in the United States alone. 2 One reason for this high burden of infection is the ready transmission of E vermicularis eggs from infected individuals. 2 One single female worm can produce up to 10 000 eggs in a lifetime.…”

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“…3 This ease of transmission makes it an infection that commonly spreads among all members of a household. 2…”

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“…3,5 A large worm burden can additionally produce abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. 2 Colitis-like symptoms including painless rectal bleeding have also been reported as an initial presentation. 2,4,6 Diagnosis is typically made via the paddle or tape test with microscopic visualization and identification of eggs by their characteristic appearance.…”

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Peripheral Eosinophilia Found in Pediatric Enterobius vermicularis Infections

Schroeder

Jones

Maranich

2018

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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Enterobius vermicularis, the common pinworm, is well known in North America as a parasitic infection, mainly affecting children. It is a very contagious organism, and it is responsible for a high number of infections in the United States each year. A rise in eosinophilia is linked to most parasitic infections. However, the correlation between eosinophilia and enterobiasis infections is not well documented in the literature. In this article, we present 3 cases involving patients seen for pediatric gastroenterology consultation with concern for inflammatory bowel disease. As part of their evaluation, each patient was found to have eosinophilia of unknown significance with an ultimate diagnosis of pinworm infections made by endoscopy. Their illness presentation did not include classic enterobiasis symptoms such as rectal pruritus or nighttime irritability. These cases support a link between eosinophilia and enterobiasis that may be instructive for pediatric providers seeing patients with eosinophilia for which there is no readily apparent underlying cause.

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“…3 This ease of transmission makes it an infection that commonly spreads among all members of a household. 2…”

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Peripheral Eosinophilia Found in Pediatric Enterobius vermicularis Infections

Schroeder

Jones

Maranich

2018

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

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“…Infection with Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), also known as enterobiasis, is the most common helminthic infection in the world, including developed countries [1-3]. In Korea, most helminthic parasite infections have disappeared; however, high rates of E. vermicularis infection have been reported [4-6].…”

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Environmental Factors Related to Enterobiasis in a Southeast Region of Korea

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Pinworm infection can occur through contact with contaminated surfaces followed by ingestion or even through inhalation of infective eggs. We have limited information regarding environmental contamination by eggs of Enterobius vermicularis. In order to determine environmental risk factors associated with the rate of E. vermicularis infection, we investigated possible environmental risk factors using a questionnaire from 46 kindergartens in 3 different cities of the southeast area of Korea. In total, using the cellotape anal swab technique, 3,422 children were examined for E. vermicularis infection. We evaluated E. vermicularis egg of books, educational materials, toys, room door handles, dusts of window edges, desks, chairs, tables, and dusts of classrooms. The overall egg-positive rate for E. vermicularis was 6.0%, and the prevalence of enterobiasis in each kindergarten ranged between 0% and 16.9%. We found that 78.9% of egg positive kindergartens were managed by private foundations, which was significantly higher, compared with kindergartens managed by public foundations or the nation. Compared with public or national kindergartens, most private kindergartens were located in residential areas and the number of children in these areas was significantly higher. In conclusion, numbers of children in kindergartens was found to be an environmental risk factor associated with transmission of enterobiasis in Korea.

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Intestinal Nematodes (Roundworms)

Maguire¹

2010

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases

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Chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain: Pin the pinworm

Cited by 12 publications

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Peripheral Eosinophilia Found in Pediatric Enterobius vermicularis Infections

Peripheral Eosinophilia Found in Pediatric Enterobius vermicularis Infections

Environmental Factors Related to Enterobiasis in a Southeast Region of Korea

Intestinal Nematodes (Roundworms)

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