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| flukes (non-segmented); tx: praziquantel (all) |
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| Mode of infection for Cestodes |
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| albendazole, praziquantel, niclosamide |
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When humans eat taenia solium eggs, which hatch in the intestine, migrate throughout the body and encyst in the brain (causing seizures or blindness)or skeletal muscle
Tx: albendazole and corticosteroids |
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| Worms seen in vitreous humor |
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| Praziquantel, niclosamide |
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| Diphyllobothrium Latum and Tx |
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| Fish tapeworm and Praziquantel |
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| Helminth that competes for B12 |
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| Echinococcus Granulosus and tx |
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| Dog Tapeworm and Albendazole followed by cyst aspiration; tx: albendazole followed by cyst aspiration |
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| Manifestation of Echinococcus Granulosus; can involve the liver, lungs and brain causing dysf(x) |
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| Snails are intermediate hosts |
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| Clonorchis Sinensis and tx |
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| Chinese Liver Flukes; tx: praziquantel |
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| Helminth infx from undercooked fish |
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| clonorchis sinensis and diphyllobothrium latum |
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| Helminths that mature in biliary tree |
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| Helminth infx assoc. w/ cholangiosarcoma |
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| paragonimus westermani and tx |
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| Lung fluke; tx: praziquantel |
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| Helminth infx assoc. w/ hemoptysis |
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| Helminth infx from ingesting under-cooked shellfish |
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| Schistosomes; transmission; tx |
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| Blood flukes; larvae released in to water, penetrate exposed skin and migrate to target tissues via bloodstream; Tx: praziquantel |
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| constitutional sx after infx by schistosomes: HA, fever, hives, weight loss and cough. |
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| dermatitis after schistosome infx |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ portal HTN |
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| Schistosoma Japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ intestinal polyps |
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| schistosoma japonicum and schistosoma mansoni |
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| Helminth assoc w/ UTI sx and squam cell ca of the bladder |
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| MC Helminth infx in the world |
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| Tx for ascaris lumbricoides |
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| pyrantel pamoate, mebendazole, albendazole |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ migration to lungs -> trachea-> GIT |
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| Ascaris lumbricoides, strongyloides stercoralis, hookworms (necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale) |
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| Helminth that causes malnutrition |
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| Enterobius Vermicularis and tx |
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| Pin worms; pyrantel pamoate, mebendazole, albendazole |
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| dx of Enterobius Vermicularis |
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| intense peri-anal itching |
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| Trichuris Trichuria and tx |
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| Whip Worm; Tx: mebendazole and abendazole |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ bloody diarrhea |
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| Trichinella spiralis and tx |
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| Pork roundworm; tx: mebendazole, abendazole and corticosteroids (for muscle cysts) |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ myocarditis and encephalitis |
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| Helminth not dx w/ visualizing eggs |
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| Dracunculus Medinensis and tx |
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| Guinea Worm; Tx: surgical removal of nodules or slowly pulling out with matchsticks |
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| Helminth tx by pulling out with stick |
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| Helminth that live in crustaceans |
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| Dog ascaris; tx: infx is self-limited, but steroids may help |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ dog shit |
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| Stronyiloides stercoralis and tx |
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Threadworm; tx: ivermectin and thiabendazole
Use Ivermectin to overcome strongyloides |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ autoinfection |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ larvae in stool |
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| Strongyloides stercoralis |
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| Helminth that penetrates skin |
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| Strongyloides stercoralis, schistosomes, hookworms (ancylostoma duodenale, necator americanus, cat or dog hookworm) |
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| mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate, Fe and folic acid for anemia |
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| Helminth assoc. w/ microcytic anemia |
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| Helminth that penetrates the skin, but cannot penetrate basemenet membrane |
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| Cutaneous larva migrans and tx |
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| Cat or dog hookworm; tx: self-limited |
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| Onchocerca Volvulus and tx |
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| River Blindness; tx: ivermectin for microfilarae only, surgery for nodules |
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| Onchocera Volvulus, loa loa, wucheria bancrofti |
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| Adult Helminths cannot migrate, die in skin and cause fibrotic nodules |
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| Eye Worm; tx: diethylcarbamazapine |
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| Episodic swellings assoc. w/ loa loa infx |
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| Can be seen migrating through subconjunctiva |
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| Wucheria Bancrofti and tx |
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| Elephantiasis; tx: diethylcarbamazapine and doxy |
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| Helminth transmitted by mosquito bite |
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| Adults migrate to and fibros in lymphatics causing edema |
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| Swelling of the genitals and lower limbs |
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| dx made by seeing in blood at night |
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