A Worm in the Windpipe

A patient presents with Pulmonary Infiltrates. An endotracheal aspirate reveals an unexpected worm larva. What is the diagnosis? Learn more about this infection.

Strongyloides stercoralis


This worm was identified in an endotracheal aspirate of a patient with pulmonary infiltrates. What is the infecting organism?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Ascaris lumbricoides
Clonorchis sinensis
Paragonimus westermani
Strongyloides stercoralis
Toxoplasma gondii

Hyperinfection Syndrome, Immunocompromised, Parasitic Infection, Pulmonary Infiltrates, Strongyloides stercoralis

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