Enterobius vermicularis

 Disease: causes pinworm infection (enterobiasis).

Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm) )3

Male

Female
Enterobius
vermicularis egg
 Transmission
 Eggs are deposited on perianal folds.
 Self-infection occurs by transferring infective eggs to the mouth with hands that
have scratched the perianal area.
 Person-to-person transmission can also occur through handling of contaminated
clothes or bed linens.
 Enterobiasis may also be acquired through surfaces in the environment that are
contaminated with pinworm eggs (e.g. , curtains, carpeting).
 pathogenesis
 Perianal pruritus is the most prominent symptom.
Pruritus is thought to be an allergic reaction to the presence
of either the adult female
or the eggs.

 Scratching predisposes to
secondary bacterial
infection.
 Laboratory Diagnosis
 1. Sample: Scotch tape technique

By rectal swab. (cellophane swab) Unlike

those of other intestinal nematodes, these eggs
are not found in the stools
The sample should be taking morning.
Laboratory Diagnosis
 Detection of eggs are recovered from perianal skin .

 whitish adult worms can be found in the stools or near

the anus of diapered children.

 No serologic tests are available.

Prepared by Dr. fadhl alshaebi

 Prevention
 Health education on
personal hygiene.

 Washing hand

 Group chemotherapy.