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30, 2014
Trichuris trichura (whip worm)
Adult Worm (aphasmid):
flesh colored
Males:
oviparous
Epidemiology:
Cosmolopitan in distribution
Pathology:
Rectal prolapse
Dependent on:
a) Worm burden and Intensity of infection
b) Duration of infection
c) Age and nutritional status of host
(common to children playing with
infected soil)
Mebendazole (standard)
Capillaria philippinensis
1963: 1st case in Ilocos norte (Malabsorption syndrome onoff diarrhea for 6 months, patient died in PGH and upon
autopsy, saw the parasite)
MALE CAPILLARIA
Size: 2.3-3.17mm
ventrolateral caudal expansion
extraordinary
long
smooth
sheath
spicular
FEMALE CAPILLARIA
- may be typical or atypical
Life cycle:
Pathology
Thiabendazole
Prevention: