🪱 Chapter 343 · Other Tissue Nematodes

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 22nd Edition | This chapter covers miscellaneous tissue-dwelling nematodes: Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness) — transmitted by black flies, causes skin nodules, dermatitis, keratitis, blindness; treatment: ivermectin. Loa loa (African eye worm) — Calabar swellings, subconjunctival migration; treatment: diethylcarbamazine (DEC). Angiostrongylus cantonensis (eosinophilic meningitis) — from ingestion of raw snails/slugs; supportive care, steroids. Gnathostoma spinigerum (creeping eruption, CNS involvement) — albendazole + steroids. Dracunculiasis (guinea worm) — near eradication.