Rare Case of Enteric Ancylostoma caninum Hookworm Infection, South Korea.

ABSTRACT: A 60-year-old man from South Korea underwent a colonoscopy. A juvenile female worm showing 3 pairs of teeth in the buccal cavity was recovered from the descending colon. Partial sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region showed 100% identity with Ancylostoma caninum, the dog hookworm.

SUBMITTER: Jung BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924899 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature