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| − | * Flatworms (platyhelminths) |
+ | * '''Flatworms''' (platyhelminths) |
| − | ** Flukes (trematodes) |
+ | ** '''Flukes''' (trematodes) |
*** ''[[Schistosoma]]'' spp. (blood flukes) |
*** ''[[Schistosoma]]'' spp. (blood flukes) |
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*** ''Clonorchis'' (liver fluke) |
*** ''Clonorchis'' (liver fluke) |
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*** ''Paragonimus'' (lung fluke) |
*** ''Paragonimus'' (lung fluke) |
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*** ''Fasciola hepatica'' (intestinal fluke) |
*** ''Fasciola hepatica'' (intestinal fluke) |
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| − | ** Tapeworms (cestodes) |
+ | ** '''Tapeworms''' (cestodes) |
*** Intestinal tapeworms |
*** Intestinal tapeworms |
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**** ''[[Taenia solium]]'' (pork tapeworm) |
**** ''[[Taenia solium]]'' (pork tapeworm) |
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**** ''Echinococcus multilocularis'' (alveolar hydatid disease) |
**** ''Echinococcus multilocularis'' (alveolar hydatid disease) |
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**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''Taenia solium'') |
**** Cysticercus (larvareal ''Taenia solium'') |
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| − | * Roundworms (nematodes) |
+ | * '''Roundworms''' (nematodes) |
** Intestinal roundworms |
** Intestinal roundworms |
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*** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm) |
*** ''[[Ascaris lumbricoides]]'' (great roundworm) |
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Revision as of 07:37, 16 August 2019
- Flatworms (platyhelminths)
- Flukes (trematodes)
- Schistosoma spp. (blood flukes)
- Clonorchis (liver fluke)
- Paragonimus (lung fluke)
- Fasciola hepatica (intestinal fluke)
- Tapeworms (cestodes)
- Intestinal tapeworms
- Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)
- Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
- Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm)
- Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
- Larval tapeworms
- Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid worm)
- Echinococcus multilocularis (alveolar hydatid disease)
- Cysticercus (larvareal Taenia solium)
- Intestinal tapeworms
- Flukes (trematodes)
- Roundworms (nematodes)
- Intestinal roundworms
- Ascaris lumbricoides (great roundworm)
- Necator americanus (New World hookworm)
- Ancylostoma duodenale (Old World hookworm)
- Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm)
- Trichuris trichuria (whipworm)
- Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
- Tissue roundworms
- Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness)
- Loa loa (eye worm)
- Wucheria bancrofti (lymphatic filariasis)
- Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm)
- Trichinella spiralis (pork worm)
- Ancylostoma braziliense and other spp. (cutaneous larva migrans, creeping eruption)
- Toxocara canis and Toxocara cani (visceral larva migrans)
- Baylisascaris procyonis
- Intestinal roundworms
Investigations
- Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures
