Inermicapsifer madagascariensis

the case received at the microbiology laboratory of “dr. luis díaz soto” higher institute of military medicine, in april 2004, of a 2-year-old girl that expelled “grains of rice” in the feces is reported. the diagnosis of inermicapsifer madagascariensis was made. the parasite “reappearance” led us to make a review of it, and of its incidence in cuba . after a “silence” period since 1948, 2 cases were reported in havana city in 1996, and 23 cases were diagnosed in santa clara, in 2003. that is why a call is made to health care physicians on the presence of this parasite in our environment.