A 55-year-old man from rural China presents with chronic diarrhoea and right iliac fossa mass. Colonoscopy shows a polypoid mass in the caecum with gr...

Question

A 55-year-old man from rural China presents with chronic diarrhoea and right iliac fossa mass. Colonoscopy shows a polypoid mass in the caecum with granulomatous tissue surrounding S. japonicum eggs. Stool egg count shows >400 epg. What is the WHO classification of this infection intensity for S. japonicum?

Accepted Answer

Heavy intensity (>=400 epg for S. japonicum)

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Light intensity

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Moderate intensity

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This egg count is not clinically significant

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Intensity classification does not exist for S. japonicum

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): S. japonicum Intensity Classification