Helminths
From IDWiki
| Group | Species | Common Name | Exposure | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platyhelminths: trematodes (flukes) | ||||
| lung flukes | Paragonimus species | lung fluke | ||
| liver flukes | Fasciola hepatica | common liver fluke or sheep liver fluke | ||
| Opisthorchis viverrini | Southeast Asian liver fluke | |||
| Clonorchis sinensis | Chinese liver fluke | |||
| Metorchis conjunctus | Canadian liver fluke | |||
| Dicrocoelium dendriticum | lancet liver fluke | |||
| intestinal flukes | Echinostoma revolutum | |||
| Fasciolopsis buskii | ||||
| Metagonimus species | ||||
| Heterophyes heterophyes | eating undercooked fresh/brackish water fish in Egypt and Middle and Far East | |||
| blood flukes | Schistosoma haematobium | blood fluke | ||
| Schistosoma mansoni | blood fluke | |||
| Platyhelminths: cestodes (tapeworms) | ||||
| pseudophyllideans | Diphyllobothrium latum | |||
| Spirometra species | ||||
| Sparganum species | ||||
| intestinal cyclophyllideans | Taenia solium | pork tapeworm | eating undercooked pork | |
| Taenia saginata | beef tapeworm | eating undercooked beef | ||
| Hymenolepis nana | dwarf tapeworm | |||
| Hymenolepis diminuta | ||||
| Dipylidium caninum | ||||
| tissue cyclophyllideans | Echinococcus granulosus | hydatid worm | ||
| Echinococcus multilocularis | alveolar hydatid disease | |||
| Taenia solium | cysticercosis | eating soil contaminated with pig or human feces | ||
| Taenia multiceps | ||||
| Taenia serialis | ||||
| Nematodes (roundworms) | ||||
| filarial roundworms | Onchocerca volvulus | river blindness | ||
| Loa loa | eye worm | |||
| Wuchereria bancrofti | lymphatic filariasis | |||
| Brugia malayi | lymphatic filariasis | |||
| Brugia timori | lymphatic filariasis | |||
| Mansonella perstans | ||||
| Mansonella streptocerca | ||||
| Mansonella ozzardi | ||||
| intestinal roundworms | Ascaris lumbricoides | great roundworm | ||
| Necator americanus | New World hookworm | |||
| Ancylostoma duodenale | Old World hookworm | |||
| Strongyloides stercoralis | threadworm | immunosuppression in a person who has ever spent time on a tropical beach | ivermectin ± albendazole | |
| Trichuris trichiura | whipworm | |||
| Enterobius vermicularis | pinworm | |||
| Capillaria species | ||||
| Trichostrongylus species | ||||
| Anisakis species | anisakidosis | |||
| tissue-invasive roundworms | Trichinella spiralis | pork worm | eating undercooked pig, boar, or bear meat | |
| Anyclostoma braziliense | cutaneous larva migrans | |||
| Ancylostoma caninum | cutaneous larva migrans | |||
| Dracunculus medinensis | Guinea worm | |||
| Toxocara canis | visceral larva migrans | |||
| Toxocara cati | visceral larva migrans | |||
| Angiostrongylus cantonensis | rat lungworm | |||
| Gnathostoma species | ||||
| Baylisascaris procyonis | raccoon roundworm | |||
| Dioctophyme renale | giant kidney worm | |||
Investigations
- Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures
