Bahrooz Naghili
1, Amirreza Javadi Mamagani
2, Mahmoud Mahami Oskouei
2*, Esmaeil Fallah
2, Abbas Shahbazi
2, Majid Khanmohammadi
31 Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Laboratory Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Marand Branch, Marand, Iran
Abstract
Leeches are a group of round worm that belonged in Hirudina order. They live in freshwater, soil and wetlands. Some leeches are predators and feeding of worms, insect’s larvae and snails, whereas some of the other is bloodthirsty and feeding invertebrates and vertebrates. Although leeches can have important therapeutic but sometimes cause serious problems in humans and animals. In the present report, a 22 year old woman living in Tabriz admitted to infectious diseases ward of Sina hospital, with diarrhea, nausea and gastroenteritis symptoms. After clinical and parasitological experiments, leeches were confirmed in the patient's gastrointestinal secretions.