Strongyloides stercoralis is a correct etiologic agent to explain a part of the gastrointestinal findings.
What were the key clues to this choice?
This gastrointestinal findings are due, in
part, to this hyperinfection of hookworm often associated with
foreign travel!
Treatment: You suggest that the resident prescribe thiabendazole
(50 mg/kg/day b.i.d. for 5 days)
