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QUESTION 8 A 50-year-old special ops veteran came to the ED with severe respiratory symptoms, including fever, wheezing, and a productive cough. Vague gastrointestinal symptoms were also present. The patient had been receiving immunosuppressive therapy since his kidney transplant. He denied exposure to colds or possible intestinal pathogens. The physician ordered a CBC and a sputum culture/Gram stain. Mild eosinophilia was reported in the CBC. The parasite form shown was observed in a wet mount of the patient's sputum following its initial observation in the Gram stain. What nematode parasites have a lung phase in their life cycle? What parasite (genus and species) do you suspect in this case? List possible complications that may occur if the patient is not successfully treated.