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 ...

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 ...

An Internet search, as well as consultation with several of the other medical staff, was conducted to determine the type of helminth. It looked like Ascaris lumbricoides species, according to ...