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Cestodes and Trematodes Flashcards

1
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List general characteristics of the Cestodes

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  • Flatworms (members of Platyhelminths)
  • Scolex (head) w/ suckers, some w/ hooklets (“armed”)
  • Proglottids (segments) can be diagnostic for some (most are hermaphroditic → eggs produced in each mature proglottid)
  • All requires 1 or more intermediate hosts
  • Eggs or glottids passed in stool
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List general characteristics of Trematodes

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  • Adults are leaf-like and flat (Platyhelminths)
  • Human (or another animal) is definitive host for all
  • Two intermediate hosts for most (schistomsomes have one)
  • Eggs is diagnoistic stage
  • Flotation methods aren’t effective for detection
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Of the cestodes and trematodes discussed in class, which ones are present in the U.S.?

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Cestodes:
- Hymenolepis nana
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- Taenia sagniata, Taenia solium
- Echnicoccus granulosus
Trematodes
- Fasciola hepatica
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Diagnostic form of Hymenolepis nana

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Eggs

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Microscopic examination of Hymenolepis nana eggs

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Thin-shelled in stool (30-45um) w/ hexacanth embryo, polar thickenings and filaments

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Diagnostic form of Hymenolepis dimunute

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Eggs

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Microscopic examination of Hymenolepsis diminute eggs

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Hexacanth embryo w/ no polar filaments (70-85um), larger and thicker shelled than Hymenolepis nana

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Diagnostic form of Diphyllobothrium latum

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Eggs or proglottids passed in stool

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Microscopic examination of Diphyllobothrium latum

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  • Eggs: Operculate, shoulders, aboperculate knob (65um)
  • Proglottids are more broad than long
  • Scolex has bothria (slits) instead of suckers
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Diagnostic form of Taenia saginata

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Eggs or proglottids passed in stool

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Microscopic examination of Taenia saginata

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  • Eggs (40um), striated shell, hexacanth embryo (can’t differentiate from T. solium)
  • Proglottids are longer than wide (15-30 uterine branches), scolex has no hook
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Diagnostic form of Taenia solium

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Eggs or proglottids found in stool

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Microscopic examination Taenia solium

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  • Eggs cannot be differentiated from Taenia saginata
  • Proglottids are similar to Taenia saginata except they have 7-12 uterine branches
  • Scolex is armed (hooks”
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14
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____ is caued by a bladder worm filled w/ scolex

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Cysticercus

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Diagnostic form of Echinococcus granulosus

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Aspirate fluid from cysts containing scolices and hooklets (“hydatid sand”)

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Diagnostic form of Dipylidium caninum

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Eggs and proglottids

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Microscopic examinaiton of Dipylidium caninum

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  • Egg packets containing numerous hexacanth embryos

- Proglottids resemble cucumer seeds or rice grains

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18
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Diagnostic form of Fasciolopsis buski

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Eggs

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Microsocpic examination of Fasciolopsis buski

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Eggs are very large (130um), operculate, can’t be differentiated from eggs of Fasciola hepatica

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Diagnostic form of Fasciola hepatica

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Eggs in stool

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Microscopic examination of Fasciola hepatica

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Eggs are very large (130um), operculate, can’t be differentiated from eggs of Fasciolopsis buski

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22
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Diagnostic form of Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis spp.

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Eggs

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Microscopic examination of Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis spp

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Eggs are very small (30um), operculate, flask shaped → found in stool/biopsies (“shoulders”, “abopercular knob”)

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24
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Diagnostic form of Paragonimus westermani

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Eggs

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Microscopic examination of Paragonimus westermani

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Eggs are small (90um), operculate in sputum (or feces); often “shoulders”, aboperculate thickening but no knob

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Diagnostic form of Schistosoma

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Eggs

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Microscopic examination of Schistosoma japonicum

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Eggs are 85um, rounded and have a lateral spin

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Microscopic examination of Schistosoma mansoni

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Eggs are 150um, elongated, long pointed lateral spine

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Microscopic examination of Schistosoma hematobium

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Eggs are 150um, elongated, pointed terminal spine

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30
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Common name for Hymenolepis nana

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Dwarf tapeworm

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Common name for Hymenolepis dimunta

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Rat tapeworm

32
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Common name for Diphyllobothrium latum

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Broad fish tapeworm

33
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Common name for Taenia sagniata

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Beef tapeworm

34
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Common name for Taenia solium

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Pork tapeworm

35
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Common name for Echinococcus granulosus

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Canine tapeworm

36
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Common name for Dipylidium caninum

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Dog tapeworm

37
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Common name for Fasciolopsis buski

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Giant intestinal fluke

38
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Common name for Fasciola hepatica

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Large liver fluke, sheep liver fluk

39
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Common name for Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorcihis spp

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Oriental or Chinese liver fluke

40
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Common name for Paragonimums westermani

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Oriental lung fluk

41
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Common name for Schistosoma spp

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Blood flukes

42
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Major clinical manifestations corresponding w/ Hymenolepis nana?

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Asymptomatic

43
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Major clinical manifestation corresponding w/ Hymenolepis diminuta

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Few symptoms unless heavy parasite burden

44
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Major clinical manifestations corresponding w/ Diphyllobothrium latum

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Megaloblastic anemia (competition for Vitamin B12)

45
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Major clinical manifestations corresponding w/ Taenia saginata

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Vague GI symptoms

46
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Major clinical manifestations corresponding to larvae ingestion fo Taneia solium

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Intestinal

47
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Major clinical manifestations corresponding to larvae ingestion fo Taneia solium

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Cysticercosis (larvae in fluid-filled bladder)

48
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Major clinical manifestations corresponding to Echinococcus granulosus

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Cysts in liver, lung, brain, CT scan/surgery

49
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Major clinical manifestations of Fasciolopsis buski

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GI obstruction w/ heavy infections, edema, malabsorption

50
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Major clinical manifestations of Fasciola hepatica

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In humans, larvae migrate from intestine to liver causing major destruction, fibrosis, partial obstruction of bile ducts

51
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Major clinical manifestations of Clonorchis senensis/Opisthorchis spp

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Pain, bild duct obstruction, jaundice (associated w/ liver/gall lbalddercancer)

52
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Major clinical manifestations of Pragoniums westermani

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Chronic cough, hemoptysis (“iron filings”), pulmonary fibrosis, resembles TB

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Major clinical manifestations of Schistosoma spp

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Local irritation t penetration site; major symptoms dependent on fluke’s life cycle

54
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Hymenolepis nana

- Intermediate host(s)

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None or infected arthropods

55
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Hymenolepis diminuta

- Intermediate host(s)

56
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Diphyllobothrium latum

- Intermediate host(s)

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Copepod and freshwater fish

57
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Taenia saginata

- Intermediate host(s)

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Taenia solium

- Intermediate host(s)

59
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Echinococcus granulosus

- Intermediate host(s)

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Dipylidium caninum

- Intermediate host(s)

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Fasciolopsis buski

  • First intermediate host
  • Secondary intermediate host
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  • First: snail

- Second: water plants (water chestnuts, bamboo shoots)

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Fasciola hepatica

  • First intermediate host
  • Second intermediate host
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  • First: snail

- Second: water plants (watercress)

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Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis spp

  • First intermediate host
  • Second intermediate host
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  • First: snails

- Second: freshwater fish (raw, smoked, pickled, or dried)

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Paragonimus westermani

  • First intermediate host
  • Second intermediate host
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  • First: snails

- Second: crabs or crayfish

65
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Schistosoma spp

- First intermediate host

66
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Which method, flotation or sedimentation, is better for isolating cestodes and/or trematodes?

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Most trematodes and cestodes have “caps”. If you remove the “cap”, they sink. Therefore sedimentation method is best

67
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Fasciolopsis busk

- Infective site

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Intestines

68
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Fasciola hepatica

- Infective site

69
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Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis spp

- Infective site

70
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Paragoniumus westermani

- Infective site

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Schistosoma spp

- Infective site

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Most common Cestode found in the U.S.

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Hymenolepis nana

73
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Disease typically caused by Dipylidium caninum

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Heartworm in dogs

74
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Human patient population mostly affected by Dipylidium caninum

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Children from accidental ingestion

75
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Appearance of Dipylidium caninum

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Egg packets → hexacanth embryo; proglottids resemble cucumber seeds or rice grains

76
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All Schistosoma larvae undergo part of their life cycle in a snail. How are humans infected?

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Larvae are released from the snails and the larvae penetrate through the skin

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