A 25-year-old woman arrives at the workplace after a week of coughing and dyspnea. She also experiences crampy stomach ache and diarrhea on occasion. There is no history of respiratory sickness or other chronic medical issues in the patient, but he was recently diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia, which was treated with high-dose glucocorticoid medication. She does not smoke, drink, or use illegal drugs. She moved to the eastern United States from Myanmar eight years ago but has not traveled since. The temperature is 37.2 C (99 F), the blood pressure is 120/78 mm Hg, the pulse rate is 88 bpm, and the respirations rate is 18 /minute. A nontender abdomen and scattered wheezes are found on physical examination. Eosinophilia is discovered in laboratory tests, and sputum microscopy is illustrated in the figure below: This patient most likely acquired the pathogen via which of the following modes of transmission?

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A 25-year-old woman arrives at the workplace after a week of coughing and dyspnea. She also experiences crampy stomach ache and diarrhea on occasion. There is no history of respiratory sickness or other chronic medical issues in the patient, but he was recently diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia, which was treated with high-dose glucocorticoid medication. She does not smoke, drink, or use illegal drugs. She moved to the eastern United States from Myanmar eight years ago but has not traveled since. The temperature is 37.2 C (99 F), the blood pressure is 120/78 mm Hg, the pulse rate is 88 bpm, and the respirations rate is 18 /minute. A nontender abdomen and scattered wheezes are found on physical examination. Eosinophilia is discovered in laboratory tests, and sputum microscopy is illustrated in the figure below:  This patient most likely acquired the pathogen via which of the following modes of transmission?

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Eductional Objective: Strongyloides stercoralis is transferred when human skin comes into close touch with filariform larvae in tropical/subtropical regions. The larvae enter the circulation, travel through the lungs, and are ingested into the digestive system after penetrating the skin. Linear skin rash and irritative digestive/respiratory symptoms are common signs.

A 25-Year-Old Woman Arrives at the Workplace After a Week