CESTODES Flashcards by Kringkring B | Brainscape

Q

Larvae in undercooked beef

IH: cattle

Site: intestine

Abdominal pain, weight loss, pruritus ani, intestinal obstruction

A

Taenia saginata

TX: PRAZIQUANTEL

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Larvae in undercooked fish

IH: fish/copepods

Site: intestine

2 elongated sucking grooves for attachement

Operculated eggs

IS: procercoid larvae

DS: unembryonated egg

Abdominal pain and diarrhea

Megaloblastic anemia due to VIT B12 deficiency

A

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

TX: PRAZIQUANTEL

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Eggs in food contaminated with dog feces

IH: sheep

Site: liver

Composed of scolex and only 3 proglottids

One of the smallest tapeworms

Ingestion of eggs

IS: Embryonated egg

DS: hydatid cysts

A

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

TX: ALBENDAZOLE

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Q

Foxes

IH: rodents

Multiloculatd cysts: HONEYCOMB VESICLES

A

ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS

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Dwarf tapeworm

Most common tapeworm in developed countries

Eggs are directly infectious

POLAR FILAMENTS and SIX-HOOKED LARVA

A

HYMENOLEPSIS NANA

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Rat tapeworm

Accidental parasite

Tansmitted by ingestion of insects harboring eggs

A

HYMONELEPSIS DIMINUTA

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Most common tapeworm of dogs and cats

BARREL SHAPED PROGLOTTIDS

A

DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM

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Eggs/larvae in undercooked pork

IH: pigs

Site affected: intestine

A

Taenia solium

Tx: PRAZIQUANTEL

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