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Causative agent
Strongyloidiasis — The causative agent is Strongyloides stercoralis
Transmission
Filariform larvae are capable of penetrating intact skin. It may persist for 40 years or more in the small intestine, and it can also be spread as a sexually transmitted disease.
Symptoms And Signs
- Transient, linear, itching erythema
- Pneumonitis
- Ulcerative enteritis
- Anaemia
- Severe hypoproteinameia
- Death(acute disseminated type)
- Persistent unexplained eosinophilia.
Investigations
Serologic testing because stool specimens are often negative.
Treatment
Thiabendazole