AntiHelminths Flashcards
what is the treatment of choice for all schistosome species
praziquantel
katayama fever
systemic hypersensitivity reaction against the migrating parasites which occurs between two to eight weeks after exposure usually treated with corticosteroids or supportive care
albendazole, mebendazole and ivermectin are contraindicated in what pt. population
pregnant patients
DOC for taenia solium and neurocysticercosis
albendazole or praziquantel
DOC for diphyllobothrium latum
niclosamide
DOC for schistosoma
praziquantel
DOC for clonorchis sinensis
praziquantel
only round worm that is not treated with mebendazole
strongyloides stercolis
DOC for strongyloides stercolis
ivermectin
DOC for ascaris lumbricoides, enterobius vermicularis, trichuris trichiura,
mebendazole
DOC for necator americanus
mebendazole
DOC for onchocerca volvulus
ivermectin
DOC for wuchereria bancrofti and brugi malayi
diethlcarbazine and albendazole
DOC for toxocara canis
tiabendazole
DOC for trichenella spiralis
thiabendazole
how is wuchereria bancrofti transmitted
female mosquito (anopheles or culex)
causes filarisis
wuchereria bancrofti and onchocerca volvulus
onchocerca volvulus causes
river blindness
onchocerca volvulus (river blindness) is transmitted by
black fly
DOC for onchocerca volvulus
ivermectin
cestodes are
tapeworms
trematodes are
flukes
nematodes are
roundworms
what are the two tapeworms he wants us to know
taenia solium and diphyllobothrium latum
what are the two flukes he wants us to know
schistosoma and clonorchis sinensis