Infectious Disease Compendium

Ancylostoma caninum

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