Cestodes and Trematodes Flashcards
List general characteristics of the Cestodes
- 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
List general characteristics of Trematodes
- 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
Of the cestodes and trematodes discussed in class, which ones are present in the U.S.?
Cestodes: - Hymenolepis nana - Diphyllobothrium latum - Taenia sagniata, Taenia solium - Echnicoccus granulosus Trematodes - Fasciola hepatica
Diagnostic form of Hymenolepis nana
Eggs
Microscopic examination of Hymenolepis nana eggs
Thin-shelled in stool (30-45um) w/ hexacanth embryo, polar thickenings and filaments
Diagnostic form of Hymenolepis dimunute
Eggs
Microscopic examination of Hymenolepsis diminute eggs
Hexacanth embryo w/ no polar filaments (70-85um), larger and thicker shelled than Hymenolepis nana
Diagnostic form of Diphyllobothrium latum
Eggs or proglottids passed in stool
Microscopic examination of Diphyllobothrium latum
- Eggs: Operculate, shoulders, aboperculate knob (65um)
- Proglottids are more broad than long
- Scolex has bothria (slits) instead of suckers
Diagnostic form of Taenia saginata
Eggs or proglottids passed in stool
Microscopic examination of Taenia saginata
- 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
Diagnostic form of Taenia solium
Eggs or proglottids found in stool
Microscopic examination Taenia solium
- Eggs cannot be differentiated from Taenia saginata
- Proglottids are similar to Taenia saginata except they have 7-12 uterine branches
- Scolex is armed (hooks”
____ is caued by a bladder worm filled w/ scolex
Cysticercus
Diagnostic form of Echinococcus granulosus
Aspirate fluid from cysts containing scolices and hooklets (“hydatid sand”)
Diagnostic form of Dipylidium caninum
Eggs and proglottids
Microscopic examinaiton of Dipylidium caninum
- Egg packets containing numerous hexacanth embryos
- Proglottids resemble cucumer seeds or rice grains
Diagnostic form of Fasciolopsis buski
Eggs
Microsocpic examination of Fasciolopsis buski
Eggs are very large (130um), operculate, can’t be differentiated from eggs of Fasciola hepatica
Diagnostic form of Fasciola hepatica
Eggs in stool
Microscopic examination of Fasciola hepatica
Eggs are very large (130um), operculate, can’t be differentiated from eggs of Fasciolopsis buski
Diagnostic form of Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis spp.
Eggs
Microscopic examination of Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchis spp
Eggs are very small (30um), operculate, flask shaped → found in stool/biopsies (“shoulders”, “abopercular knob”)
Diagnostic form of Paragonimus westermani
Eggs
Microscopic examination of Paragonimus westermani
Eggs are small (90um), operculate in sputum (or feces); often “shoulders”, aboperculate thickening but no knob
Diagnostic form of Schistosoma
Eggs
Microscopic examination of Schistosoma japonicum
Eggs are 85um, rounded and have a lateral spin
Microscopic examination of Schistosoma mansoni
Eggs are 150um, elongated, long pointed lateral spine
Microscopic examination of Schistosoma hematobium
Eggs are 150um, elongated, pointed terminal spine
Common name for Hymenolepis nana
Dwarf tapeworm