title: Working overseas, weakness, anaemia, and nematodes.
abstract: We report the case of a 51-year-old female who went overseas for six-months to teach English and upon her return to Australia developed severe anaemia and weakness. She was admitted to hospital, and had subsequent blood transfusions and a colonoscopy which revealed nematodes. She was treated and made a full recovery.
authors.affiliation: The Whiteley-Martin Research Centre, The Discipline of Surgery, The University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Nepean Hospital, Level 5, South Block P.O. Box 63, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia. eslickg@med.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Guy D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Eslick
authors.forename: Jamshid S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kalantar
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000740:Anemia / Q000469:parasitology; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001315:Australia; D002681:China; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole