Human eosinophilic enteritis caused by dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
An epidemic of eosinophilic enteritis (93 cases) has occurred in Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia. A hookworm was found attached to a resected, inflamed ileal segment from 1 patient but the species could not be identified. An adult hookworm of species Ancylostoma caninum was recovered at colonoscopy from the terminal ileum of a later patient. All of 38 patients interviewed in an epidemiological survey described behaviour which could have exposed them to infective larvae of this widespread dog parasite.