RT Book, Section
A1 Weller, Peter F.
A2 Kasper, Dennis
A2 Fauci, Anthony
A2 Hauser, Stephen
A2 Longo, Dan
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1120803646
T1 Trichinellosis and Other Tissue Nematode Infections
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071802154
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1120803646
RD 2022/06/26
AB Nematodes  are  elongated,  symmetric  roundworms.  Parasitic  nematodes  of  medical  significance  may  be  broadly  classified  as  either  predominantly  intestinal  or  tissue  nematodes.  This  chapter  covers  the  tissue  nematodes  that  cause  trichinellosis,  visceral  and  ocular  larva  migrans,  cutaneous  larva  migrans,  cerebral  angiostrongyliasis,  and  gnathostomiasis.  All  of  these  zoonotic  infections  result  from  incidental  exposure  to  infectious  nematodes.  The  clinical  symptoms  of  these  infections  are  due  largely  to  invasive  larval  stages  that  (except  in  the  case  of  Trichinella)  do  not  reach  maturity  in  humans.