Strongyloides stercoralis
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Strongyloides stercoralis
Pharmacology Block 11
Pharmacology Block 11
Anthelmintic medications
Antimalarials
Plasmodium species (Malaria)
DNA synthesis inhibitors: Metronidazole
Azoles
Echinocandins
Miscellaneous antifungal medications
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease)
Wuchereria bancrofti (Lymphatic filariasis)
Ascaris lumbricoides
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
Trichinella spiralis
Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
Strongyloides stercoralis
Loa loa (Eye worm)
Onchocerca volvulus (River blindness)
Schistosomes
Clonorchis sinensis
Paragonimus westermani
Diphyllobothrium latum
Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatid disease)
Trypanosoma brucei
Leishmania
Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
Naegleria fowleri (Primary amebic meningoencephalitis)
Coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis
Anti-parkinson medications
Neuraminidase inhibitors
Hepatitis medications
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
Integrase and entry inhibitors
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis)
Antituberculosis medications
Hyperthyroidism medications
Hyperthyroidism: Clinical
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism medications
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes mellitus: Clinical
Diabetes mellitus
Insulins
Insulin
Hypoglycemics: Insulin secretagogues
Key Takeaways
Strongyloides stercoralis, also known as threadworm, is a human pathogenic parasitic nematode (roundworm) causing the disease strongyloidiasis. The adult parasitic stage lives in tunnels in the mucosa of the small intestine and is contracted from larvae in the soil that penetrate the skin. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, and peptic ulcer-like pain epigastric pain. Treatment usually consists of a combination of medications, such as ivermectin and benzimidazoles.