RT Book, Section
A1 Manickam, Nisha
A1 Cappello, Michael
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6926359
T1 Chapter 67. Intestinal Parasites
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6926359
RD 2024/04/20
AB Infections  caused  by  intestinal  parasites  represent  major  causes  of  global  morbidity,  including  malnutrition,  diarrhea  with  dehydration,  and  anemia.  For  example,  nearly  2  billion  people,  mostly  in  resource-poor  countries,  are  infected  with  one  or  more  of  the  soil-transmitted  nematodes,  while  cestodes  and  trematodes  are  common  food-borne  infections  worldwide.  Intestinal  protozoa  are  important  causes  of  diarrhea  in  travelers,  as  well  as  immigrants,  refugees,  and  international  adoptees.  With  the  increased  global  mobility  of  persons  and  populations,  physicians  in  the  United  States  are  encountering  parasitic  diseases  with  increased  frequency,  requiring  familiarity  with  their  clinical  features  and  management.  This  chapter  will  focus  on  the  four  major  classes  of  intestinal  parasite:  nematodes,  trematodes,  cestodes,  and  protozoa.