CDB FLUKES Flashcards
Giant intestinal fluke
Fasciolopsis buski
Hen’s egg shape
Fasciolopsis buski
Ingestion of metacercaria encysted on fresh water vegetation
Fasciolopsis buski
Bamboo shoots/ water chestnuts
Fasciolopsis buski
Impairment of vitamin b12 absorption
Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolopsis buski treatment
HEXYLRESORCINOL / TETRACHLOR / ETHLENE / PRAZIQUANTEL
Prevalent in Northern Luzon, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao
ECHINOSTOMA ILOCANUM
Oral sucker surrounded with concrete of spines
Echinostoma ilocanum
Yokogawai fluke
METAGONIMUS YOKOGAWAI
Metagonimiasis
Metagonimus yokogawai
Small, elongate, pyriform-shape, broadly rounded posteriorly and pointed anterior end
Metagonimus yokogawai
Eggs filtered in the heart muscle provokes tissue reaction
Heterophytes heterophytes
Leading cardiac failure / cardiac beriberi
Heterophytes heterophytes
Sheep liver fluke
Fasciola hepatica
Fascioliasis hepatica
Sheep liver rot
Fasciola hepatica
Resides in the biliary passage and gallbladder
Fasciola hepatica
“HALZOUN” with its shoulders
Fasciola hepatica
Treatment of fasciola hepatica
BITHIONOL
Chinese liver fluke
Clonorchis sinesis
Clonorchiasis
Clonorchis sinesis
Ingest raw or undercooked fish
Clonorchis sinesis
Typical small, broenish operculated egg
Clonorchis sinesis
Treatment of clonorchis sinensis
PRAZIQUANTEL
Oriental blood fluke
Schistosoma japonicum
Katayama reaction
Schistosoma japonicum
Fasciolopsiasis
FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI