Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
American trypanosomiasis
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma rangeli
29 Unusual Parasitic Infections
Aquatic protist
Rhinosporidium seeberi
Protozoa
Lophomonas blattarum
Dictyostelium polycephalum
Myxozoan parasites
Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma lewisi
Nematodes (the roundworms)
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
Halicephalobus gingivalis
Oesophagostomum spp.
Eustrongylides spp.
Mermis nigrescens
Dioctophyma renale
Ternidens deminutus
Mammomonogamus laryngeus (Syngamus laryngeus)
Ascaris suum
Gongylonema pulchrum
Haycocknema perplexum
Cestodes
Diplogonoporus spp.
Bertiella studeri
Inermicapsifer madagascariensis
Raillietina celebensis
Mesocestoides spp.
Taenia crassiceps
Trematodes
Alaria americana
Plagiorchis spp.
Neodiplostomum seoulense
Spelotrema brevicaeca
Brachylaima sp.
Nanophyetus (Troglotrema) salmincola
Stellantchasmus falcatus
Phaneropsolus spinicirrus, Phaneropsolus bonnei, and Prosthodendrium molenkempi
Haplorchis taichui
Gymnophalloides seoi
Metorchis conjunctus (North American liver fluke)
Schistosoma mattheei
Philophthalmus lacrimosus
Achillurbainia spp.
Pentastomids
Armillifer spp., Linguatula serrata, and Sebekia spp.
Acanthocephalans
Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus and Moniliformis moniliformis
30 Parasitic Infections in the Compromised Host
Entamoeba histolytica
Free-living amebae
Blastocystis spp.
Giardia lamblia
Toxoplasma gondii
Cryptosporidium spp.
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Cystoisospora (Isospora) belli
Sarcocystis spp.
Microsporidia
Leishmania spp.
Strongyloides stercoralis
Plasmodium spp.
Babesia spp.
American trypanosomiasis
Crusted scabies
31 Health Care-Associated and Laboratory-Acquired Infections
Health care-associated (nosocomial) infections
Gastrointestinal infections
Cryptosporidium spp.
Giardia lamblia
Entamoeba histolytica
Microsporidia
Cystoisospora (Isospora) belli
Hymenolepis nana
Taenia solium
Blood and tissue infections
Plasmodium spp.
Babesia spp.
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosoma cruzi
Leishmania donovani
Toxoplasma gondii
Infections with ectoparasites
Pediculus spp. and Phthirus pubis
Sarcoptes scabiei
Myiasis
Infections in the pediatric patient
Cryptosporidium spp.
Giardia lamblia
