Autochthonous Ascariasis, Mississippi, USA
Charlotte V. Hobbs
1 , James Matthew Rhinewalt
1, Irene Arguello, Lacy Malloch, Lora Martin, William M. Poston, Paul Byers, and Richard S. Bradbury
Author affiliations: University of Alabama at Birmingham/Childrens of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (C.V. Hobbs); Children’s of Mississippi/University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA (C.V. Hobbs, I. Arguello, L. Malloch, L. Martin); Internal Medicine and Pediatric Clinic, New Albany, Mississippi, USA (J.M. Rhinewalt); Baptist Hospital Systems, New Albany (W.M. Poston); Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson (P. Byers); James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (R.S. Bradbury)
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Video. Adult, motile, Ascaris lumbricoides worm in the diaper of a 2-year-old patient expelled through the rectum. The worm was found by the patient’s mother, who videoed the worm before disposing of the diaper and worm.
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