HUMAN BERTIELLA-STUDERI IN SPAIN, PROBABLY OF AFRICAN ORIGIN

A mature tapeworm and gravid proglottids of Bertiella studeri were rep orted from the stools of a 33-year-old pregnant Spanish woman. The pat ient had spent the six months preceding this discovery in Kenya. The e vidence suggests a case of parasitism Imported to Spain from the Afric an continent. The patient presented no symptoms related to the parasit e and the discovery in stools of a number of active, white structures led her to collect them. A molphologic and morphometric description of the material obtained is presented. Mebendazole failed to remove the parasite but niclosamide was effective.