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| ==Background==
| | #REDIRECT[[Helminth infections]] |
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| ==Clinical Features==
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| ==Differential Diagnosis==
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| ==Workup==
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| ==Management==
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| *[[Ascaris]]: albendazole 400 mg x 1 dose OR mebendazole 100 mg BID x 3 days (both high efficacy)
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| *[[Whipworm]] (Trichuris): albendazole 400 mg x 1 dose
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| **Historically treated with albendazole or mebendazole, but monotherapy has low efficacy against Trichuris especially in heavy infections; higher cure rate achieved with oxantel pamoate-albendazole combination compared to any monotherapy in recent RCT <ref>Speich B, Ame S, et al. "Oxantel Pamoate–Albendazole for Trichuris Trichiura Infection." New England Journal of Medicine, 2014; 370: 610-620.</ref>
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| *[[Hookworm]]: albendazole 400 mg x 1 dose (high efficacy) OR mebendazole 500 mg x 1 dose (low to moderate efficacy)
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| *Iron supplements in [[anemia]]
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| ==Disposition==
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Worm Infections]]
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| *[[Travel Medicine]]
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| ==External Links==
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:ID]]
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| [[Category:TropMed]]
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