The worms, as shown in the images, were expelled from a patient after treatment with Albendazole and Piperazine. The longest among them are 40 cm in length.
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Bobbi Pritt, M.D.
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Laboratory Medicine
Consultant, Division of Clinical Microbiology
Mayo Clinic
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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Tropical, but not exotoc disease in my country
I have seen any of these in medical school in my home country, Paraguay
I’ve added this case and many others of your into the microbiology courses I teach. Thanks for the detailed analysis and great pictures!
Very familiar .I came from the Philippines-we have to take this medicine to get rid of the worms.Sometimes comes out from the anus and mouth..