PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Taylor, Tabitha
AU  - Zitzmann, Michele
TI  - <em>Dipylidium caninum</em> in a 4-month old male
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.24.4.212
DP  - 2011 Oct 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 212--214
VI  - 24
IP  - 4
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/24/4/212.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/24/4/212.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2011 Oct 01; 24
AB  - Dipylidium caninum, known as the double-pored dog tapeworm, is a parasite that commonly infects dogs and cats worldwide. Humans may be an accidental host if the infective stage, the cysticercoid larva, is ingested.1,2 Although rare, it is more commonly seen in infants and children.2-5 This case study involves an infant misdiagnosed with pinworm infection twice before a laboratory evaluation was able to confirm Dipylidium caninum. Accurate diagnosis is important, as treatment for pinworm infection will not eliminate Dipylidium caninum.