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− | ! colspan="5" |Platyhelminths: trematodes (flukes) |
+ | ! colspan="5" |Platyhelminths: [[trematodes]] (flukes) |
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|lung flukes |
|lung flukes |
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− | |[[Paragonimus |
+ | |[[Paragonimus]] |
|lung fluke |
|lung fluke |
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+ | |seafood, especially crayfish or crab in Southeast Asia |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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+ | | rowspan="3" |liver flukes |
|[[Fasciola hepatica]] |
|[[Fasciola hepatica]] |
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− | |common |
+ | |common or sheep liver fluke |
+ | |underwater vegetation, especially watercress, near sheep-rearing in South America, Europe, and Middle East |
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+ | |[[triclabendazole]] |
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|[[Opisthorchis viverrini]] |
|[[Opisthorchis viverrini]] |
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|Southeast Asian liver fluke |
|Southeast Asian liver fluke |
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+ | |freshwater fish in Southeast Asia |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] or [[albendazole]] |
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|[[Clonorchis sinensis]] |
|[[Clonorchis sinensis]] |
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|Chinese liver fluke |
|Chinese liver fluke |
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+ | |fish in Southeast Asia and eastern Russia |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] or [[albendazole]] |
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− | |[[Metorchis conjunctus]] |
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− | |Canadian liver fluke |
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− | |[[Dicrocoelium dendriticum]] |
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− | |lancet liver fluke |
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− | | rowspan="4" |intestinal flukes |
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− | |[[Echinostoma revolutum]] |
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+ | | rowspan="3" |intestinal flukes |
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|[[Fasciolopsis buskii]] |
|[[Fasciolopsis buskii]] |
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+ | |water vegetables, especially watercress, bamboo, and water chestnuts in China, India, Thailand, and Bangladesh; pig reservoir |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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− | |[[Metagonimus |
+ | |[[Metagonimus]] |
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+ | |fish in Middle and Far East |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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|[[Heterophyes heterophyes]] |
|[[Heterophyes heterophyes]] |
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|eating undercooked fresh/brackish water fish in Egypt and Middle and Far East |
|eating undercooked fresh/brackish water fish in Egypt and Middle and Far East |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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| rowspan="2" |blood flukes |
| rowspan="2" |blood flukes |
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|[[Schistosoma haematobium]] |
|[[Schistosoma haematobium]] |
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|blood fluke |
|blood fluke |
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+ | |freshwater in Africa and the Middle East |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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|[[Schistosoma mansoni]] |
|[[Schistosoma mansoni]] |
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|blood fluke |
|blood fluke |
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+ | |freshwater in Africa, the Middle East, and South America |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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− | ! colspan="5" |Platyhelminths: cestodes (tapeworms) |
+ | ! colspan="5" |Platyhelminths: [[cestodes]] (tapeworms) |
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− | + | |pseudophyllideans |
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|[[Diphyllobothrium latum]] |
|[[Diphyllobothrium latum]] |
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+ | |fish tapeworm |
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+ | |undercooked/smoked/pickled fish in Scandinavia, Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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− | |[[Spirometra species]] |
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− | |[[Sparganum species]] |
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+ | | rowspan="3" |intestinal cyclophyllideans |
|[[Taenia solium]] |
|[[Taenia solium]] |
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|pork tapeworm |
|pork tapeworm |
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|dwarf tapeworm |
|dwarf tapeworm |
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+ | |[[praziquantel]] |
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− | |[[Hymenolepis diminuta]] |
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− | |[[Dipylidium caninum]] |
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+ | | rowspan="3" |tissue cyclophyllideans |
|[[Echinococcus granulosus]] |
|[[Echinococcus granulosus]] |
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|hydatid worm |
|hydatid worm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] |
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|[[Echinococcus multilocularis]] |
|[[Echinococcus multilocularis]] |
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|alveolar hydatid disease |
|alveolar hydatid disease |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] |
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|[[Taenia solium]] |
|[[Taenia solium]] |
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|cysticercosis |
|cysticercosis |
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|eating soil contaminated with pig or human feces |
|eating soil contaminated with pig or human feces |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[praziquantel]] |
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− | |[[Taenia multiceps]] |
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− | |[[Taenia serialis]] |
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− | ! colspan="5" |Nematodes (roundworms) |
+ | ! colspan="5" |[[Nematodes]] (roundworms) |
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| rowspan="8" |filarial roundworms |
| rowspan="8" |filarial roundworms |
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|river blindness |
|river blindness |
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+ | |[[ivermectin]] |
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|[[Loa loa]] |
|[[Loa loa]] |
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|eye worm |
|eye worm |
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+ | |[[diethylcarbamazine]] |
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|[[Wuchereria bancrofti]] |
|[[Wuchereria bancrofti]] |
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|lymphatic filariasis |
|lymphatic filariasis |
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+ | |[[diethylcarbamazine]] |
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|[[Brugia malayi]] |
|[[Brugia malayi]] |
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|lymphatic filariasis |
|lymphatic filariasis |
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+ | |[[diethylcarbamazine]] |
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|[[Brugia timori]] |
|[[Brugia timori]] |
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|lymphatic filariasis |
|lymphatic filariasis |
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+ | |[[diethylcarbamazine]] |
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|[[Mansonella perstans]] |
|[[Mansonella perstans]] |
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+ | |maybe [[doxycycline]] |
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|[[Mansonella streptocerca]] |
|[[Mansonella streptocerca]] |
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+ | |maybe [[doxycycline]] |
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|[[Mansonella ozzardi]] |
|[[Mansonella ozzardi]] |
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+ | |maybe [[doxycycline]] |
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+ | | rowspan="10" |intestinal roundworms |
|[[Ascaris lumbricoides]] |
|[[Ascaris lumbricoides]] |
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|great roundworm |
|great roundworm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]] or [[ivermectin]] |
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|[[Necator americanus]] |
|[[Necator americanus]] |
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|New World hookworm |
|New World hookworm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]] or [[pyrantel pamoate]] |
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|[[Ancylostoma duodenale]] |
|[[Ancylostoma duodenale]] |
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|Old World hookworm |
|Old World hookworm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]] or [[pyrantel pamoate]] |
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|[[Strongyloides stercoralis]] |
|[[Strongyloides stercoralis]] |
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|threadworm |
|threadworm |
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|immunosuppression in a person who has ever spent time on a tropical beach |
|immunosuppression in a person who has ever spent time on a tropical beach |
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− | |ivermectin ± albendazole |
+ | |[[ivermectin]] ± [[albendazole]] |
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|[[Trichuris trichiura]] |
|[[Trichuris trichiura]] |
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|whipworm |
|whipworm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] |
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|[[Enterobius vermicularis]] |
|[[Enterobius vermicularis]] |
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|pinworm |
|pinworm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]] or [[pyrantel pamoate]] |
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− | |[[Capillaria |
+ | |[[Capillaria]] |
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− | |[[Trichostrongylus |
+ | |[[Trichostrongylus]] |
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+ | |[[pyrantel pamoate]] |
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− | |[[Anisakis |
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|anisakidosis |
|anisakidosis |
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+ | |endoscopic removal |
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+ | |[[Gongylonema]] |
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− | | rowspan="10" |tissue-invasive roundworms |
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+ | |gullet worm |
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+ | |ingestion of food or water contaminated by sheep or pig feves |
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+ | |surgical removal or [[albendazole]] |
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+ | | rowspan="8" |tissue-invasive roundworms |
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|[[Trichinella spiralis]] |
|[[Trichinella spiralis]] |
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|pork worm |
|pork worm |
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|eating undercooked pig, boar, or bear meat |
|eating undercooked pig, boar, or bear meat |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] plus steroids |
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|[[Anyclostoma braziliense]] |
|[[Anyclostoma braziliense]] |
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|cutaneous larva migrans |
|cutaneous larva migrans |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[ivermectin]] |
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|[[Ancylostoma caninum]] |
|[[Ancylostoma caninum]] |
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+ | |eosinophilic enterocolitis |
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− | |cutaneous larva migrans |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]] or endoscopic removal |
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|[[Dracunculus medinensis]] |
|[[Dracunculus medinensis]] |
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|Guinea worm |
|Guinea worm |
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− | |[[Toxocara |
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|[[visceral larva migrans]] |
|[[visceral larva migrans]] |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[mebendazole]] |
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− | |[[Toxocara cati]] |
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− | |[[visceral larva migrans]] |
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|[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]] |
|[[Angiostrongylus cantonensis]] |
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|rat lungworm |
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− | |[[Gnathostoma |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] or [[ivermectin]] ± surgical removal |
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|[[Baylisascaris procyonis]] |
|[[Baylisascaris procyonis]] |
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|raccoon roundworm |
|raccoon roundworm |
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+ | |[[albendazole]] + steroids |
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− | |[[Dioctophyme renale]] |
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==Investigations== |
==Investigations== |
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− | *Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures |
+ | *[[Eosinophilia]] seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures |
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+ | [[Category:Parasites]] |
Latest revision as of 22:48, 7 February 2022
Group | Species | Common Name | Exposure | Treatment |
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Platyhelminths: trematodes (flukes) | ||||
lung flukes | Paragonimus | lung fluke | seafood, especially crayfish or crab in Southeast Asia | praziquantel |
liver flukes | Fasciola hepatica | common or sheep liver fluke | underwater vegetation, especially watercress, near sheep-rearing in South America, Europe, and Middle East | triclabendazole |
Opisthorchis viverrini | Southeast Asian liver fluke | freshwater fish in Southeast Asia | praziquantel or albendazole | |
Clonorchis sinensis | Chinese liver fluke | fish in Southeast Asia and eastern Russia | praziquantel or albendazole | |
intestinal flukes | Fasciolopsis buskii | water vegetables, especially watercress, bamboo, and water chestnuts in China, India, Thailand, and Bangladesh; pig reservoir | praziquantel | |
Metagonimus | fish in Middle and Far East | praziquantel | ||
Heterophyes heterophyes | eating undercooked fresh/brackish water fish in Egypt and Middle and Far East | praziquantel | ||
blood flukes | Schistosoma haematobium | blood fluke | freshwater in Africa and the Middle East | praziquantel |
Schistosoma mansoni | blood fluke | freshwater in Africa, the Middle East, and South America | praziquantel | |
Platyhelminths: cestodes (tapeworms) | ||||
pseudophyllideans | Diphyllobothrium latum | fish tapeworm | undercooked/smoked/pickled fish in Scandinavia, Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda | praziquantel |
intestinal cyclophyllideans | Taenia solium | pork tapeworm | eating undercooked pork | |
Taenia saginata | beef tapeworm | eating undercooked beef | ||
Hymenolepis nana | dwarf tapeworm | praziquantel | ||
tissue cyclophyllideans | Echinococcus granulosus | hydatid worm | albendazole | |
Echinococcus multilocularis | alveolar hydatid disease | albendazole | ||
Taenia solium | cysticercosis | eating soil contaminated with pig or human feces | albendazole or praziquantel | |
Nematodes (roundworms) | ||||
filarial roundworms | Onchocerca volvulus | river blindness | ivermectin | |
Loa loa | eye worm | diethylcarbamazine | ||
Wuchereria bancrofti | lymphatic filariasis | diethylcarbamazine | ||
Brugia malayi | lymphatic filariasis | diethylcarbamazine | ||
Brugia timori | lymphatic filariasis | diethylcarbamazine | ||
Mansonella perstans | maybe doxycycline | |||
Mansonella streptocerca | maybe doxycycline | |||
Mansonella ozzardi | maybe doxycycline | |||
intestinal roundworms | Ascaris lumbricoides | great roundworm | albendazole or mebendazole or ivermectin | |
Necator americanus | New World hookworm | albendazole or mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate | ||
Ancylostoma duodenale | Old World hookworm | albendazole or mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate | ||
Strongyloides stercoralis | threadworm | immunosuppression in a person who has ever spent time on a tropical beach | ivermectin ± albendazole | |
Trichuris trichiura | whipworm | albendazole | ||
Enterobius vermicularis | pinworm | albendazole or mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate | ||
Capillaria | mebendazole | |||
Trichostrongylus | pyrantel pamoate | |||
Anisakis | anisakidosis | endoscopic removal | ||
Gongylonema | gullet worm | ingestion of food or water contaminated by sheep or pig feves | surgical removal or albendazole | |
tissue-invasive roundworms | Trichinella spiralis | pork worm | eating undercooked pig, boar, or bear meat | albendazole plus steroids |
Anyclostoma braziliense | cutaneous larva migrans | albendazole or ivermectin | ||
Ancylostoma caninum | eosinophilic enterocolitis | albendazole or mebendazole or endoscopic removal | ||
Dracunculus medinensis | Guinea worm | none | ||
Toxocara | visceral larva migrans | albendazole or mebendazole | ||
Angiostrongylus cantonensis | rat lungworm | controversial | ||
Gnathostoma | albendazole or ivermectin ± surgical removal | |||
Baylisascaris procyonis | raccoon roundworm | albendazole + steroids |
Investigations
- Eosinophilia seen in tissue-invasive worms, not in those that live in the gut or in cystic structures