This woman has a lot of signs that point toward an intestinal parasitic infection: recent travel to Papua New Guinea, cough and alveolar infiltrates, high eosinophil count, and a stool sample that has a worm in it. Most likely the patient has a Strongyloides infection, as this is the intestinal parasite that shows larva on stool sample. Basically all intestinal parasites can be treated with Bendazole drugs, such as Thiabendazole. Praziquantel would be more appropriate for a worm or liver fluke infection.
fulminant_lifejust to add to the explanation above," cutaneous larva currens" is a specific finding for strongyloides. Also the picture they used is the exact same one on wikipedia lol+32019-06-23T16:53:23Z
yb_26they really should add Wikipedia in the list of top-rated review resources with A+ level of recommendation in FA2020)))+22019-07-19T01:28:54Z
usmile1also a side note:
cutaneous larva CURRENS is pathognomonic for strongyloides whereas
Cutaneous larva MIGRANS is for ancylostoma braziliense or nectar Americanus+12019-09-04T16:45:46Z
to snoo-finity ... and beyond!
submitted by m-ice(124), 2019-06-02T17:56:25Z
This woman has a lot of signs that point toward an intestinal parasitic infection: recent travel to Papua New Guinea, cough and alveolar infiltrates, high eosinophil count, and a stool sample that has a worm in it. Most likely the patient has a Strongyloides infection, as this is the intestinal parasite that shows larva on stool sample. Basically all intestinal parasites can be treated with Bendazole drugs, such as Thiabendazole. Praziquantel would be more appropriate for a worm or liver fluke infection.