Metagonimus yokogawai

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  • Common Name: Heterophyid Fluke, and Yokogawa’s Fluke 
    (SMALLEST INTESTINAL FLUKE 
    (Japanese researcher discovered at Taiwan and Japan)
    Causitive Agent: Metagonimiasis
    Laboratory Diagnosis: Stool examination  
    Intermediate Host/s: 2nd IH = Fish
    Clinical manifestation:
    = Peptic Ulcer Disease or Acid Peptic Disease
    = Colicky abdominal pain
    = Muciod diarrhea
    = Cardiac and neutral tendencies
    Treatment:= Praziquantel