CESTODES: ORDER PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA AND CYCLOPHYLLIDEA Flashcards
Common Name of Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Broad Fish Tapeworm
Habitat of Dibothriocephalus latus /
Diphyllobothrium latum
Small Intestine (Ileum)
Final Host of Dibothriocephalus latus /
Diphyllobothrium latum
Humans
1st IH of Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Copepods
Cyclops (crustaceans) & Diaptomus
2nd IH pf Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Freshwater fish such as salmon, trout, pike, ruff, perch
RH & AH of Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Dogs, cats, other fish-eating mammals
PH of D. latum
Carnivorous fish
Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum MOT
Ingestion of raw, undercooked, or pickled freshwater fish with plerocercoid
Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum IS
Plerocercoid
Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Diagnostic Stage
Eggs
Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum egg appearance
Ovoid
Yellow-brown eggs
Small knob at abopercular end
Immature
Smooth
Inconspicuous operculum
Moderately thick shell
Operculated
Unembryonated
How many eggs does D. latum produce?
1,000,000 daily
Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum egg is mistaken for?
Provide the distinction
Both operculated
P. westermani: bigger, contains abopercular thickening, asymmetrical, opercular shoulder
Appearance of Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum adult worm
Whitish/ milkfish
No oncosphere
T/F: Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum adult worm
Proglottids disintegrate only when segment has completed its reproductive function
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Describe the scolex of Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Almond/Spoon-shaped
Spatulate
2 Bothria dorsally and ventrally
T/F: Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum
Its scolex have suckers, rostellum, hooks
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Dibothriocephalus latus / Diphyllobothrium latum proglottids up to ____ segments
3000
Describe D. latum immature proglottid
Small and developing
Describe D. latum mature proglottid
Neutrally located uterine pore
Symetrically bilobed ovary
Describe D. latum gravid proglottid
Wider than tall
Uterus: rosette-like appearance, central, highly coiled
D. latum larva disease manifestation
Sparganosis
Proliferation to tissue, inflammation
D. latum adult disease manifestation
Diphyllobothriasis, Megaloblastic Macrocytic
Anemia
Bothriocephalus Anemia (Vitamin B12 Deficiency)
Intestinal Obstruction
Diarrhea
Abdominal Pain
What resembles Bothriocephalus Anemia?
Pernicious Anemia
Large RBCs (Macrocytes) on Blood Smears
Bothriocephalus Anemia
D. latum Diagnosis
Stool Examination
FEACT
Kato-Katz
Travel & History Diet
Sedimentation Technique
Examination of Gastric Juice for the Presence of Free Hydrochloric Acid
PCR
D. latum Treatment
Praziquantel
Niclosamide
Intraduodenal Gastrografin
T/F
It is appropriate to use Zinc Sulfate for D. latum’s operculum
F; inappropriate
Largest and longest tapeworm in man
D. latum
Prolific Parasite
D. latum
Common name of Taenia solium
Pork Tapeworm
Habitat of T. solium
Small intestine
FH of T. solium
Humans
IH of T. solium
Pigs
During cysticercosis: Humans
T. solium MOT
Ingestion of raw or undercooked pork with cysticercus cellulosae
IS of T. solium
Cysticercus cellulosae (Bladder cyst)
Measley Pork
Egg (during cysticercosis)
Cysticercus cellulosae is also known as
Bladder Worm
Dx Stage of Taenia spp.
Eggs / Proglottids
Appearance of Taenia spp. eggs
Indistinguishable
Spheroidal
Yellow-Brown
Thick and radially striated shell
Taenia spp. oncosphere
Hexacanth Embryo (6 hooks)
T/F
Taenia eggs are non-operculated and embryonated
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T/F
T. solium adult worm is shorter than T. saginata
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T. solium = 7 m
T. saginata = Up to 25 m
T. solium Scolex
Shape
Suckers
Rostellum and rows
Shape: Globular
Suckers: 4 cup-like
Rostellum: Armed - 2 rows: 25-30 hooks
T. solium Neck
Short, Narrow
T. solium proglottids
less than 1000
T. solium immature proglottid
Wider than tall, small and developing
T. solium Mature P.
Well-developed reproductive organs
Square: wide and tall
Ovary: trilobed
Testes: smaller in number
T. solium Mature P. Ovary and Testes
Trilobed Ovary
Smaller in number testes
T. solium Gravid P. Uterine Branches
5-13 Lateral Branches Finger-like/Dendritic
Break off from the main strobila, passed out in stool
Terminal T. solium proglottids
T. solium Disease Manidestation (Larva & Adult)
Larva: Cysticercosis / Neurocysticercosis (Can migrate to Brain, Lungs, Eyes)
Adult: Taeniasis solium
T. solium Lab Diagnosis on Taeniasis
- Stool exam
- Perianal Swab
- FEACT
- Double Slide Compression Technique: India ink through the genital pore & Carmine Dye
- Immunoblot Assay
- Acid Fast Staining: Ziehl Neelseen of Mature Egg (Blue-Purple)
T. solium Lab Diagnosis on Cysticercosis
Dot-ELISA
EITB / Western
Blot
ELISA
T. solium adult treatment
Praziquantel
Niclosamide
T. solium cysticercosis treatment
Surgical Removal / Excisional Bopsy
Oral Albendazole
Corticosteroids
Infected pork with cysticercus cellulosae
Measley Pork
T. saginata Common Name
Beef Tapeworm
T. saginata Habitat
Small Intestine
T. saginata FH
Humans
T. saginata IH
Cattles
T. saginata MOT
Ingestion of raw or undercooked beef with cysticercus bovis
T. saginata Scolex
Shape
Suckers
Rostellum
Shape: Pyriform
Suckers: 4 cup-like
No Rostellum: Unarmed
T. saginata Proglottids
1000-2000
T. saginata Immature P.
Small and developing
T. saginata Mature P.
Ovary
Testes
Uterus
Vagina
Genital Pore
Ovary: Bilobed
Testes: More scattered
Uterus: Median, Club-shaped
Vagina: Has a sphincter
Genital Pore: Irregularly alternate
T. saginata Uterine Branches
15-20 Tree-like appearance
T/F
T. saginata gravid p. often crawls from the anus during the day, when the host is most active and it usually appear singly
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