Relata-se um caso de parasitismo por Rhabditis sp em criança com cinco meses de idade procedente do Estado de Goiás, Brasil. O quadro clínico mostrou inicialmente diarréia com fezes líquidas esverdeadas e posteriormente sanguinolentas. O exame parasitológico de fezes revelou a presença de larvas e adultos de Rhabditis sp. Após o uso de thiabendazole houve melhora no quadro clínico e cura. Os autores chamam atenção para a importância de se estabelecer o diagnóstico diferencial entre Strongyloides e Rhabditis.

We report a case of parasitism by Rhabditis sp in a five-month-old child, from Goiás State, Brazil. He had a history of diarrhea with liquid and green faeces which later became bloody. Parasitological examination revealed the presence of larvae and adult female of Rhabditis sp. We used thiabendazole in this case after which the child improved. The authors suggest a better differential diagnostic between¹ Strongyloides and Rhabditis.

An anatomic study of Leptinaria unilamellata (Orbigny, 1835) was made emphasizing the genital system, the pallial chamber the radulae and the mandible. The details of these parts characterize better the species and allow more systematic clarity to the group. The importance of the evolutive cycle of the two trematodes, Postharmostomum gallinum (Witenberg, 1923) and Paratanaisia bragai (Santos, 1934) both parasites of domestic birds in Brazil is accentuated.

A study of the anatomy of Subulina octona, mainly the genital and digestive systems, was undertaken in order to obtain additional data on the taxonomic position in the genus Subulina. The importance of the species as intermediate host for several helminths which occur in Brazil was also discussed.