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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 112-113 |
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Ascaris in an intercostal drainage tube
Sujit Bharti1, Neeraj Kumar2, Sourav Pal1, Tuhina Banerjee3
1 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Anaesthesiology, Trauma Centre, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Tuhina Banerjee
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jacm.jacm_17_17
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Ascaris or roundworms are the most common intestinal nematode infecting man with high disease prevalence in developing countries. Besides migrating to respiratory systems of the body as an integral part of its life cycle, adult Ascaris has been associated with occasional case reports of erratic migration from abnormal sites. In this case report, we present the isolation of this worm from the proximal portion of the intercostal drainage tube in a traumatised young male patient. Such cases remind us about the ubiquity of the worm and persistence in unfavourable host conditions.
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