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Strongyloides fulleborni
Epidemiology:
1) encountered in Africa & Papua, New Guinea
2) transmitted person to person & via maternal milk
3) infants & young children most commonly affected
Pathology:
1) adults release membranous sacs full of eggs into the feces
Clinical manifestations:
1) abdominal distension
2) respiratory distress (Loffler's syndrome)
3) vomiting
4) diarrhea
Management:
1) thiabendazole
2) see S. stercoralis
Related
Loffler's syndrome (simple pulmonary eosinophilia)
General
Strongyloides
Properties
KINGDOM: animal
PHYLUM: helminth
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY,
1994, pg 918
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1173