Cestode Flashcards
Broad or fish tapeworm
D latum
Diphyllobothriasis
Largest human tapeworm
D latum
2 elongated sucking grooves
Bothria
No circular suckers or hooks
Gravid uterus forms rosettes
D latum
Eggs Oval, operculum at one end
D latum
Longest and largest of tapeworms
rosette appearance
Sucking groove of scolex
Oval eggs with lid-like opening (operculum)
D latum
D latum transmission
Ingestion of raw or undercooked fresh water fish
D latum definitive host
Where parasite reaches its maturity
Human
D latum intermediate host
Organism that supports immature, nonrepro form
Copepod 1st intermediate
Fish 2nd intermediate
Little damage in gut causing diarrhea and pain but may cause this type of anemia
Pernicious anemia
B12 def
D latum Dx
Eggs or proglottids
D latum Tx
Praziquantel
Increases permeability of worm membrane
Influx of calcium
Praziquantel
Ca influx from Praziquantel lead to
worm spasm and paralysis
D latum life cycle
Human passes egg to feces
Copepod ingests eggs
Fish ingests eggs
Human ingests eggs
D latum causes
Megaloblastic anemia
Pernicious anemia
Dog tapeworm
Hydatid worm
Echinococcus granulosus
Scolex: 4 suckers
Double circle of hooks
Adult worm only 3 proglottids
Echinococcus granulosus
extra-intestinal tapeworm infection
Unilocular hydatid cyst
Most important definitive host of echinococcus granulosus
Dog/sheep
Humans in e granulosis are only
dead-end/accidental host
E granulosus is usually found in
rural areas
grazing areas
Dog eats entrails (liver) of sheep -> hydatid cyst -> adult worm in gut -> eggs passed in feces -> sheep (and human)
E granulosis
Endemic in sheep raising areas
Ingest entrails of sheep
E granulosus
E granulosus affects lungs as
E multilocularis