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* '''Flatworms''' (platyhelminths)
* '''Platyhelminths''' (flatworms)
** '''Flukes''' (trematodes)
** '''Trematodes''' (flukes): non-segmented
*** Lung: [[Paragonimus species]]
*** ''[[Schistosoma]]'' spp. (blood flukes)
*** Liver
*** ''[[Clonorchis]]'' (liver fluke)
*** ''[[Paragonimus]]'' (lung fluke)
**** ''[[Fasciola hepatica]]'' (common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke)
*** ''[[Fasciola hepatica]]'' (intestinal fluke)
**** ''[[Opisthorchis viverrini]]'' (Southeast Asian liver fluke)
**** ''[[Clonorchis sinensis]]'' (Chinese liver fluke)
** '''Tapeworms''' (cestodes)
**** ''[[Metorchis conjunctus]]'' (Canadian liver fluke)
*** Intestinal tapeworms
**** ''[[Taenia solium]]'' (pork tapeworm)
**** ''[[Dicrocoelium dendriticum]]'' (lancet liver fluke)
*** Intestinal
**** ''[[Taenia saginata]]'' (beef tapeworm)
**** ''[[Hymenolepis nana]]'' (dwarf tapeworm)
**** ''[[Echinostoma revolutum]]''
**** ''[[Diphyllobothrium latum]]'' (fish tapeworm)
**** ''[[Fasciolopsis buskii]]''
**** [[Metagonimus species]]
*** Larval tapeworms
**** ''[[Echinococcus granulosus]]'' (hydatid worm)
**** ''[[Heterophyes heterophyes]]''
*** Blood: [[Schistosoma species]]
**** ''[[Echinococcus multilocularis]]'' (alveolar hydatid disease)
**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''[[Taenia solium]]'')
**** ''[[Schistosoma haematobium]]''
**** ''[[Schistosoma mansoni]]''
* '''Roundworms''' (nematodes)
** '''Cestodes''' (tapeworms): segmented
** Filarial roundworms
*** Pseudophyllideans
**** ''[[Diphyllobothrium latum]]''
**** [[Spirometra species]]
**** [[Sparganum species]]
*** Cyclophyllideans
**** Intestinal
***** ''[[Taenia solium]]'' (pork tapeworm)
***** ''[[Taenia saginata]]'' (beef tapeworm)
***** ''[[Hymenolepis nana]]'' (dwarf tapeworm)
***** ''[[Hymenolepis diminuta]]''
***** ''[[Dipylidium caninum]]''
**** Tissue
***** ''[[Echinococcus granulosus]]'' (hydatid worm)
***** ''[[Echinococcus multilocularis]]'' (alveolar hydatid disease)
***** Larvareal ''[[Taenia solium]]'' (cysticercosis)
***** ''[[Taenia multiceps]]'' and ''[[Taenia serialis]]'' (multiceps serialis))
* '''Nematodes''' (roundworms)
** '''Filarial''' roundworms
*** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' (river blindness)
*** ''[[Onchocerca volvulus]]'' (river blindness)
*** ''[[Loa loa]]'' (eye worm)
*** ''[[Loa loa]]'' (eye worm)
*** ''[[Wucheria bancrofti]]'' (lymphatic filariasis)
*** ''[[Wuchereria bancrofti]]'' (lymphatic filariasis)
*** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm)
**** ''[[Brugia malayi]]'' and ''[[Brugia timori]]'' (lymphatic filariasis)
*** ''[[Mansonella perstans]]''
*** ''[[Mansonella perstans]]'', ''[[Mansonella streptocerca]]'', and ''[[Mansonella ozzardi]]''
** Non-filarial roundworms
** '''Non-filarial''' roundworms
*** Intestinal roundworms
*** Intestinal
**** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm)
**** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm)
**** ''[[Necator americanus]]'' (New World hookworm)
**** ''[[Necator americanus]]'' (New World hookworm)
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**** ''[[Trichuris trichuria]]'' (whipworm)
**** ''[[Trichuris trichuria]]'' (whipworm)
**** ''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]'' (pinworm)
**** ''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]'' (pinworm)
**** [[Capillaria species]]
*** Tissue roundworms
**** [[Trichostrongylus species]]
**** [[Anisakis species]]
*** Tissue
**** ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'' (pork worm)
**** ''[[Trichinella spiralis]]'' (pork worm)
**** ''[[Ancylostoma braziliense]]'' and other spp. ([[cutaneous larva migrans]], creeping eruption)
**** ''[[Ancylostoma braziliense]]'', ''[[Ancylostoma caninum]]'', and other spp. ([[cutaneous larva migrans]], creeping eruption)
**** ''[[Dracunculus medinensis]]'' (Guinea worm)
**** ''[[Toxocara canis]]'' and ''[[Toxocara cani]]'' ([[visceral larva migrans]])
**** ''[[Toxocara canis]]'' and ''[[Toxocara cani]]'' ([[visceral larva migrans]])
**** ''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]''
**** ''[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]]'' (rat lungworm)
**** [[Gnathostoma species]]
**** ''[[Baylisascaris procyonis]]'' (raccoon roundworm)
**** ''[[Dioctophyme renale]]'' (giant kidney worm))


== Investigations ==
== Investigations ==

Revision as of 22:25, 18 December 2019

Investigations

  • Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures