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è â Trichinella spiralis
- Undercooked pork + wild game (bear, boar)
- 3 phases: intestinal â muscle invasion â convalescent
- Classic triad: fever + myalgia + periorbital edema + eosinophilia
- Elevated CK + LDH (muscle damage)
- Severe: myocarditis (cause of death), encephalitis
- Serology + clinical (muscle biopsy rare)
- Treatment: Albendazole 400 mg bid à 8-14 d + prednisolone for severe
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è â Trichinella nativa
- Arctic + bear + walrus + freeze-resistant!
- USA wild game cases
- Cooking essential (freezing not reliable)
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è â Anisakis
- Raw saltwater fish (sushi, ceviche)
- Acute gastric / intestinal pain + eosinophilia
- IgE-mediated allergic reaction
- Endoscopic removal definitive
- Albendazole for residual
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è â Gnathostoma
- Raw freshwater fish (Asia â Thailand classic)
- Migratory subcutaneous swellings + CNS + eye + eosinophilia
- Albendazole + ivermectin
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è â Angiostrongylus cantonensis
- Slug / snail / contaminated produce / undercooked seafood
- Hawaii + Caribbean + SE Asia endemic
- Eosinophilic meningitis classic
- CSF lymphocytic + eosinophilic pleocytosis
- Supportive + steroid; albendazole controversial (may worsen CNS)
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è â Toxocara
- Dog / cat parasite eggs â soil â children
- Visceral larva migrans (VLM) â pediatric, eosinophilia + hepatosplenomegaly + pneumonitis
- Ocular larva migrans (OLM) â mimics retinoblastoma
- Albendazole + steroid
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è â Capillaria philippinensis
- Raw freshwater fish (Asia)
- Watery diarrhea + malabsorption + fatal untreated
- Albendazole
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è â Dracunculus (Guinea Worm)
- WHO eradication near (< 30 cases/yr 2024+)
- No drug; slow extraction
- Education + water filtration
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è â Prevention
- Cook meat thoroughly (pork to 145°F internal)
- Freeze fish for sushi (-20°C à 7 d per FDA)
- Cook wild game thoroughly (T. nativa freeze-resistant!)
- Avoid raw freshwater fish (Asia gnathostoma + capillaria)
- Avoid slugs / contaminated raw produce in Angiostrongylus endemic
- Educate children re soil contact (Toxocara)