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Cestodes, Trematodes & Nematodes Flashcards

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DOC for E. granulosus

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Albendazole

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DOC for all cestodes except for E. granulosus

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Praziquantel

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Number of uterine branches in T. solium

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5-10

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Number of uterine branches in T. saginata

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15-25

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Pruritus ani

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Taenia saginata

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Neurocysticercosis

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Taenia solium

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Infective stage of D. latum infection

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Plerocercoid larvae

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Causes vitamin B12 deficiency and megaloblastic anemia

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D. latum

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Life threatening rupture can occur with cyst rupture

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Honeycomb vesicles

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Echinococcus multiocularis

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Most common tapeworm is developed countries

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Hymenolepsis nana

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Polar filaments with six-hooked larva

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Hymenolepsis nana

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Intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum

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Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi

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Diagnostic exam unique to S. japonicum

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Circumoval precipitin test (ovoid egg with small hook)

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Systemic hypersensitivity resembling serum sickness

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Katayama fever

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Areas of endemicity for S. japonicum

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Sorsogon
Samar
Leyte 
Oriental Mindoro
Bohol
ALL of Mindanao EXCEPT MISAMIS ORIENTAL
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Mountain crab host of Paragonimus westermani

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Sundathelphusa philippina

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Test for diagnosis of P. westermani

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3% NaOH preparation

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Ring-shadow opacity on chest x-Ray

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P. westermani

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Melon like ridges on potassium permanganate stain

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Clonorchis sinensis

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Organisms with transpulmonary phase (3)

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Ascaris lumbricoides
Necator ancylostoma
Strongyloides stercoralis

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Halzoun

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Fasciola hepatica (obstructive jaundice & painful phayngitis)

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Worm intoxication

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Fasciolopsis buski

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Mimics peptic ulcer disease

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Heterophyes heterophyes

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Most common and largest intestinal nematode

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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Hypersensitivity reaction in Ascaris lumbricoides infection

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Loeffler’s syndrome

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DOC Ascaris lumbricoides

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Albendazole (greater larvicidal activity than mebendazole)

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Type of anemia caused by Necator and Ancylostoma infection

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Microcytic anemia

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Chinese lantern shape

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Trichuris trichuira

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Barrel-shaped with bipolar plugs

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Trichuris trichuira

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Serpiginous tracks by Necator and Ancylostoma infection

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Cutaneous larva migrans

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Complication of Trichuris trichuira infection

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Rectal prolapse (increased peristalsis to expel worms)

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Most common soil-transmitted helminth in developed countries

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Enterobius vermicularis

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