Strongyloides
OVERVIEW: What every clinician needs to know Parasite name and classification Strongyloides stercoralis is a small nematode with free-living forms found in soil, while parasitic forms (i.e., the adult female measuring 2.2mm in length) live within intestinal crypts in the duodenum, the jejunal mucosal villi, or in the submucosa; the male does not enter the…
