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Vomiting & Diarrhoea in a nursing home - Rcpa.tv

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Chronic diarrhoea <strong>in</strong> a returned traveller<br />

The movie showed wriggl<strong>in</strong>g larvae. These larvae are most likely Strongyloides<br />

stercoralis but could also represent hookworm larvae that have hatched.<br />

Click on the most accurate statement below<br />

The rhabditiform larva of hookworm can be dist<strong>in</strong>guished<br />

from that of filariform larva of S. stercoralis by its long buccal<br />

cavity<br />

The two forms of forms of larva shown probably represent<br />

the filariform and rhabditiform larval stages of Strongyloides<br />

stercoralis

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