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CLINICALPATHOLOGY-162
STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS is unique among intestinal helminths. What distinguishes it on stool examination from hookworm?
A. Strongyloides produces thick-shelled eggs with bipolar plugs
B. STRONGYLOIDES PRODUCES RHABDITIFORM LARVAE IN FRESH STOOL (not eggs) — because eggs hatch within the intestinal mucosa
C. Strongyloides produces the same eggs as hookworm
D. Strongyloides is detected by serology only
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