Identificación de Taenia saginata en una escolar de 9 años

Abstract

Intestinal teniosis is a parasitic infection of humans, cattle and pigs being more common in rural areas. The clinical case of a 9-year-old girl, with intestinal parasitism by Taenia saginata, is reported, which was a finding within the research carried out at the Francisco Pizarro School of Basic Education, Pita Campus, Canton Caluma, Bolivar Province, as part of the Institutional Project "Assessment of the impact of community intervention for the control and prevention of intestinal parasitosis in rural areas of Los Ríos and Bolívar provinces", where in its first stage, high-profile aspects of the frequency of intestinal parasitosis in children included in the study sample and the risk factors most related to their transmission were analysed. The objective of this report was to identify the species of taenia present from the macroscopic analysis of sifting faeces of the collected gravid proglotides and the subsequent use of the chinese ink Method for identifying the number of uterine branches, taking into account that the microscopic observation of eggs of both species is identical. The presence of 15 uterine branches was confirmed, which demonstrated the diagnosis of Taenia saginata. It was considered the existence of conditions conducive to the transmission of intestinal teniosis in this rural area of the country, which was an important finding and starting point for increased epidemiological surveillance, while maintaining it as an under-reported parasitosis.