UNDER MICROSCOPE

P RE V E NT I O N A N D
CONTROL

+Avoid eating uncooked fish in

endemic areas
+Cook fish properly before eating
+ Washing your hands with soap and
warm water after touching or working
with soil and before handling food. Capillaria
philippinensis
+Proper hygiene and disposal of
fecal matter is important.
Capillaria philippinensis adult
Males: 2.3 to 3.2mm
Females: 2.5 to 4.3 mm Pudoc Worm

Philippine
Did you know? Parasitic
Pudoc worm is named Disease
based on the name of
location 2017
where the disease and
worm were first Notre Dame of Marbel
discovered.It was in Capillaria philippinensis egg University
Pudoc,Cavite. September 11-15 , 2017
Typical:
without larva C o m p a n y N a m e
peanut shaped
Prepared by: with flattened bipolar plugs
striated
CHIARRA D. SIAN
BMLS-3
 TAXONOMIC L I F E C Y C L ESI G NS & S Y M P T OM S

CLASSIFICATION First stage:

General abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Kingdom: Animalia Second stage:
Phylum: Nematoda Nausea
Class: Adenophorea Vomiting
Subclass: Enoplia Weight loss,
Order: Trichocephalida DEATH
Family: Capillariidae
Genus: Capillaria
Species: philippinensis
T RE A T M E N T

Mebendazole is an anti- helminthic

drug used to treat intestinal
What is Capillaria
capillariasis
philippinensis? TRANSMISSION

It is a parasitic nematode which Ingestion of inadequately cooked small

causes intestinal capillariasis. This fresh water/brackish water fishes
sometimes fatal disease was first
discovered in containing infective larva.
Northern Luzon, Philippines in 1964. DIAGNOSIS

MORPHOLOGY This parasite can be diagnosed by

Female: 2.5-4.4 nm
1. Typical Female- egg in uterus
(8-10) in single row
2. Atypical Female-
viviparous,40-45 eggs
arranged in 2-3 rows
Male: 2.2- 3.2
-with chinitized spicule and long
sheath
taking a tissue biopsy from the small
intestine or by examining stool samples
through a microscope.
D I S E A S E I T C.A U S E D
Intestinal capillariasis is the disease caused
by Capillaria philippinensis.
It can release eggs that hatch into larvae in
the intestine and cause hyperinfection
 C ap i l l a r i a
p h il i p p i n e ns is
A parasitic nematode that
causes intestinal capillariasi
s . It is also known as also
known as Pudoc worm. The
fatal disease was first
discovered in
Northern Luzon , Philippines
in 1964. Cases have also
been reported from China,
Egypt, Indonesia, Iran,
Japan, Korea, Lao PDR,
Taiwan and Thailand.
*Classification*
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Adenophorea
Subclass: Enoplia
Order: Trichocephalida
Family: Capillariidae
Genus: Capillaria
Species: C. philippinensis
*Disease* Albendazole 400 mg by mouth daily
for 10 days. Pediatric dose 400 mg
by mouth daily for 10 days.
Capillariasis is a parasitic
infection cause by two species
*Mode
of nematodes, Capillaria of
transmission*
hepatica, which causes hepatic
Ingestion of inadequately
capillariasis, and Capillaria
philippinensis, whichcooked
causes small fresh
intestinal capillariasis. There are water fishes
water/brackish
medications and treatment
containing infective larva. C.
options available to philippinensis
cure both cannot be
forms of capillariasis, but,
transmitted human to human and
without treatment, capillariasis
requires the intermediate
can lead to death. freshwater fish host. However,
*Symptoms* adult C. philippinensis worms in
humans can release eggs that
When a human is first infected with C.
philippinensis, the signs hatch
and into larvae in the intestine
symptomsinclude general and cause hyperinfection.
abdominal
pain and diarrhea. Later
*Prevention
on, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and and
even death can occur.
control*
+Proper hygiene and disposal of fecal
*Treatment* matter is important. Specific latrines
Mebendazole 200 mg byshould
mouthbetwice
usedathat are both out of
day for 20 days. Pediatric dose 200animals
reach from mg and will not let fecal
matter seep into the water or around the
by mouth twice a day for 20 days.
food supply.