Capillaria philippinensis (C. philippinensis) is a rare food-borne nematodiasis that has appeared in more than 12 regions or countries worldwide ...SkiptomaincontentAdvertisementSearchallBMCarticlesSearchDownloadPDFCaseReportOpenAccessPublished:05October2012SeriousdiarrheawithweightlosscausedbyCapillariaphilippinensisacquiredinChina:acasereportZhigangFan1,YongdongHuang2,ShiyunQian1,GangLv1,YiyaoChen2,BoYang2,SaifengZhong1,GuifenLin1&GuogangYan3 BMCResearchNotesvolume 5,Article number: 554(2012)Citethisarticle5843Accesses6CitationsMetricsdetailsAbstractBackgroundDiarrheacausedbyCapillariaphilippinensis(C.philippinensis)hasnotbeenreportedinanyareaswiththeexceptionofTaiwanprovinceinChina.WehereinreportthemisdiagnosisandsubsequentmanagementofapatientwithdiarrheacausedbyC.philippinensis.CasepresentationA33-year-oldwomanfromtheoutskirtsofDanzhoucity,Hainanprovince,China,hadan11-monthhistoryofchronicdiarrheawithabdominalpain,edema,hypoalbuminemia,andsevereweightloss.Thepatientwasmisdiagnosedatanoutpatientclinicandonehospital.ShewasfinallycorrectlydiagnosedwithC.philippinensisbystoolexamination.Thepatientwasgivena30-dayscourseofalbendazole(400mg/day)andhadanuneventfulandstablerecovery.ConclusionDoctorscannotlosesightofpatients’dietaryhistories,mustquerystoolexaminationresults,andneedtoexpandtheirknowledgeofcertainnonlocalandglobaldiseases,especiallythosedescribedinnewcasereports.Somediagnosticexaminationsmustbeperformedrepeatedly.HainanprovincemaybetheepidemicfocusofC.philippinensis.BackgroundParasitesarerarelysuspectedascausesfordiarrhealepisodesbecauseoftheirdecreasinginfestationratesandendemiczones.Capillariaphilippinensis(C.philippinensis)isararefood-bornenematodiasisthathasappearedinmorethan12regionsorcountriesworldwide,includingthePhilippines[1],Indonesia[2],Thailand[3],LaoPeople’sDemocraticRepublic[4],India[5],Iran[6],Korea[7],andJapan[8].Morethan2000casesinvolvingalmost200deathshavebeendocumentedworldwide.However,nocaseshavebeenreportedinChinawiththeexceptionofTaiwa