Final laboratory identification of the organism confirmed an Ascaris lumbricoides adult worm. The mother was contacted, and mebendazole 100 mg by mouth BID for 3 days was prescribed. The mother was ...

Intestinal worms are common parasites that live in the digestive system and can affect people of all ages. While many ...

Parasitic worms are having a slimy moment. In the wake of news that a 3-inch snake parasite burrowed into a woman’s brain comes the horrifying report of giant intestinal worms that went wandering in a ...

Seven inches long, first cousin to the earthworm but with livelier ambitions, Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the commonest parasites found in the intestines of man. The worms, which usually plague ...

The fossilized feces contained four species of parasitic worms: the roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), the whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), the tapeworm (Taenia sp.), and the Chinese liver fluke ...