2.01 c - Medicine

Question 1

Wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 1

• Diethycarbamazine

- Ivermectin

Question 2

Brugia malayi

Answer 2

• Diethylcarbamazine

Question 3

Loa loa

Answer 3

• Diethylcarbamazine (also prophylactically)

Question 4

Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 4

• Ivermectin

Question 5

Trichinella spiralis

Answer 5

Non life-threatening infection (self-limiting): rest, analgesics and antipyretics

Life-threatening infection: prednisone; thiabendazole (with caution due to side effects)

Cooking meat to 137F or freezing for 20 days at 5F willkill larvae

Question 6

Toxocara canis

Answer 6

Mebendazole or diethylcarbamazine kills the nematode larvae.

Question 7

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Answer 7

The most common types of treatment are for the symptoms of the infection, such as pain medication for headache or medications to reduce the body’s reaction to the parasite, rather than for the infection itself.

Patients with severe cases of meningitis may benefit from some other types of treatment.

Question 8

Hymenolepis nana

Answer 8

Niclosamide

Question 9

Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm) and Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm)

adult

Answer 9

For adult tapeworm: Praziquantel or Niclosamide

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Question 10

Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm) and Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm)

cysticercosis

Answer 10

For cysticercosis: Albendazole or Praziquantel

Question 11

Diphyllobotrium latum

Answer 11

Niclosamide or Praziquantel

Question 12

Echinococcus granulosus

Answer 12

SURGERY; MEBENDAZOLE OR ALBENDAZOLE