Coinfection with Hymenolepis nana and Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a child from North India: A rare case report.

Hymenolepiasis is considered the most common tapeworm infection throughout the world infecting 50-75 million people. Hymenolepis diminuta infection is not commonly reported in human beings as compared to Hymenolepis nana because it is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. There are few case reports of H. diminuta in the Indian population. To the best of our knowledge, not a single case of coinfection with H. nana and H. diminuta has been reported from India. We present here a rare case report of coinfection of H. nana and H. diminuta in a 4-year-old male child from a semirural area of India who presented with acute and severe colitis.