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.

Keywords

• Ancylostoma caninum
• dog hookworm
• colonoscopy
• South Korea
• enteric infections
• parasites