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Nematodes
Intestinal
- Enterobius vermicularis
- Intestinal infection anal pruritus DX: Scotch tape
- Transmission: Fecal-oral
- Rx: bendazoles or pyrantel pomoate
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Transmission: fecal-oral
- Rx: bendazole or pyrantel pomoate
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Transmission: Larvae penetrate the skin
- Rx: Ivermectin or albendazole
- Ancylostoma duodenale, necator americanus
- Transmission: Larvae penetrate the skin
- Rx: bendazoles or pyrantel pomoate
- Enterobius vermicularis
Tissue
- Onchocerca volvulus
- Hyperpigmented skin and river blindness; allergic reaction to microfilaria possible
- Transmission: Female blackfly bite
- Rx: Ivermectin
- Loa loa
- Swelling in skin, worm in conjuctiva
- Rx: diethylcarbamazine
- Transmission: Deer fly, horse fly, mango fly
- Wuchereria bancrofti
- Blocks lymphatic vessels: elephantiasis takes 9month to 1 year after bite to become symptomatic
- Transmission: female mosquito
- Rx: diethylcarbamazine
- Toxocara canis
- Visceral larva migrans
- Transmission : Fecal-oral
- Rx: Albendazole/mebendazole
- Onchocerca volvulus
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- Mind Map on Nematodes, created by Karen Hurtado3004 on 13/07/2015.
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