Microbiology
A dog hookworm. Ick.
Epidemiologic Risks
Found in dog, and other carnivores, poo.
Most found in tropical/subtropical areas of the world.
Lying pr waling in in dog poo on a beach where they have used the sand as a toilet for skin disease; inadvertent, or so one hopes Devine, consumption for gastroenteritis.
Syndromes
Causes an eosinophilic gastroenteritis, cutaneous larva migrans.
Treatment
Mebendazole 100 mg tid for 3 days.
CDC preferred treatment:
Albendazole 400 mg po qd for 3 to 7 days.
Ivermectin 200 mcg/kg po as a single dose.
Notes
It is self-limited although it takes 1 - 2 months for the worm to die.
Last update: 12/26/19