Complicated ascariasis in an infant

Authors

  • Ileana Guerra Macías Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9223-0609
  • Elsa Martínez Sariol
  • María Eugenia García Céspedes
  • Juliet Suárez Guerra
  • Jaila Suárez Guerra

Keywords:

Ascariasis, enteroparasitosis, infant, peritonitis, intestinal perforation, typhoid fever.

Abstract

Introduction: Ascariasis is an enteroparasitosis with high prevalence in the third-world pediatric population, which can be associated with other bowel diseases and have serious complications that require surgical treatment.

Objective: Report the case of an infant operated by the co-infection of complicated intestinal ascariasis and typhoid fever.

Case presentation: 9-year-old male patient attended and operated at N'gola Kimbanda Provincial Hospital in Namibe Province, Angola, after presenting clinical evidence of generalized acute peritonitis due to intestinal perforation of typhoid-causing and through which live ascaris lumbricoide also came out. His evolution was unsatisfactory and he died 24 hours after the operation.

Conclusions: The timely diagnosis and surgical treatment of lethal co-infection of complicated ascariasis and typhoid fever will reduce morbidity and mortality from this prevalent association.

 

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Author Biography

Ileana Guerra Macías, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo

Cirujana General, Especialista de Segundo Grado en Cirugía General, Profesora Auxiliar

Published

2021-06-28

How to Cite

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Guerra Macías I, Martínez Sariol E, García Céspedes ME, Suárez Guerra J, Suárez Guerra J. Complicated ascariasis in an infant. Rev Cubana Pediatría [Internet]. 2021 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jun. 24];93(3). Available from: https://revpediatria.sld.cu/index.php/ped/article/view/1160

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Presentaciones de casos