Pulmonary hookworm

After the hookworm filamentous maggot invades the human body through the skin or mucous membrane, it passes through the lymphatic or blood tract to the lungs and penetrates the pulmonary capillaries to enter the alveoli, causing point bleeding and inflammatory cell infiltration. The lung pathological changes are similar to those of pulmonary ascariasis. Infection can form consolidation of the lung lobules and bronchitis.

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