KROK 1 2013 – Question 159 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A miner consulted a physician about the appearance of body rash followed by a loss of appetite, bloating, duodenal pain, frequent bowel movements, dizziness. Ovoscopic probes of feces and duodenal contents revealed some eggs covered with a transparent membrane through which 4-8 germinal cells could be seen. What disease is likely to have occurred in the patient?
- A. Enterobiasis
- B. Trichocephaliasis
- C. Ancylostomiasis
- D. Strongyloidiasis
- E. Hymenolepiasis
Hint
Combine the miner's working conditions, the skin rash and the thin-shelled eggs with few cells, and ask which soil-transmitted helminth fits.
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