Parasitic lung infections

Differential Diagnosis

Focal Lesions

• Hydatid worms (Echinococcus species)
• Dog heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis)

Consolidation and Effusion

• Paragonimiasis/lung fluke (Paragonimus westermani)
• Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)

Diffuse Lung Disease

• Ascariasis (Ascaris lumbricoides)
• Hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus)
• Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis)
• Schistosomiasis
• Strongyloidiasis
• Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) (filariae Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi)