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strongyloidosis /stron·gy·loi·do·sis/ (-do´sis) strongyloidiasis.

strongyloidiasis [stron″jĭ-loi-di´ah-sis]

infection with Strongyloides stercoralis. The worms usually inhabit the small intestines, causing intestinal strongyloidiasis with diarrhea and ulceration of the mucosa. At a later stage in their life cycle they may penetrate the skin and be carried to the lungs, causing pulmonary strongyloidiasis with hemorrhaging. Called also strongyloidosis.

strongyloidosis, strongyloidiasis

infestation with the nematode strongyloides, a parasite of the small intestine. Can cause dermatitis and balanoposthitis due to percutaneous entry, or diarrhea when the intestinal infection is very heavy. In kangaroos it is a stomach parasite causing gastritis. Strongyloides papillosus may be associated with the introduction of organisms into the skin of the feet, causing footrot.

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