Tapeworm Infection

A 1-year-old boy is brought to your urgent care clinic after his mother found a white object similar to a grain of rice in his stool during a diaper change.

Humans are the only definitive host for the tapeworms Taenia saginata and Taenia solium. T. saginata, or the beef tapeworm, is very long (up to 15 feet or more), but generally poses little danger when it develops in humans and will not be discussed further.