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helminths
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05/30/2006

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Term
undercooked pork, cysts on the brain
Definition
taenia solium
Term
tx taenia tersolium
Definition
praziquantel/niclosimide; albendazole for cysticercosis
Term
eggs in dog feces, cysts in liver (can cause anaphylaxis upon tx)
Definition
echinococcus granulosus
Term
tx for echinococcus granulosus?
Definition
albendazole
Term
snail host, critter penetrates skin causing granulomas, fibrosis, and inflammation of liver and spleen
Definition
schistosoma
Term
tx schistosoma
Definition
praziqantel
Term
undercooked fish, inflam of biliary tract
Definition
clonorchis sinensis
Term
tx clonorchis?
Definition
praziquantel
Term
undercooked crab meat, inflammation and secondary bacterial ingection of the lung
Definition
paragonimus westermani
Term
paragoniumus tx?
Definition
praziquantel
Term
larvae penetrate skin of feel and cause intestinal inf-->anemia
Definition
acylostoma duodenale (hookworm)
Term
tx hookworm?
Definition
mebendazole
Term
eggs seen in feces, intestinal infection, giant worm
Definition
ascaris lumbricoides
Term
tx ascaris?
Definition
mebendazole
Term
anal pruritis, food contaminated with eggs, intestinal infection
Definition
enterobius vermicularis
Term
tx enterobius?
Definition
mebendazole
Term
soil larvae penetrate skin, intestinal infection, autoinfection
Definition
strongyloides
Term
tx strongyloides?
Definition
ivermectin
Term
undercooked meat (pork), muscle inflammatoin and periorbital edema
Definition
trichinella spiralis
Term
skin inflammation and ulceration
Definition
dracunculus medinensis
Term
drancunculus tx?
Definition
niridazole, pencil
Term
transmitted by deer fly/mango fly, causes swelling of the skin, see worm crawling in conjunctiva
Definition
diethylcarbamazine
Term
trans by black fly, causes river blindness
Definition
onchocerca volvulus
Term
food contaminated by eggs, granulomas, visceral larva migrans
Definition
toxocara canis
Term
tx toxocara canis?
Definition
diethylcarbamazine
Term
mosquito bite, blocks lymph, elephantitis
Definition
wucheria bancrofti
Term
wucheria bancrofti tx?
Definition
diethylcarbamazine
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