Parasite Case of the Week 11
Welcome back to the Parasite Case of the Week! I post a new case every Monday, along with the answer to the previous week’s case. Here is our new case for this week.
The following helminth is a rare intestinal pathogen of humans. It embeds its spiny proboscis into the mucosa of the small intestinal, typically causing severe cramping and abdominal pain. Other symptoms include fever, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, weight loss, diarrhea, constipation or bloody stools. The morphology of the adult worm is classic:
Identification? (note – only the general category of organism is necessary).
How is infection with this organism typically acquired?
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