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Giardiasis - Transmission?

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Cysts in water.

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Giardiasis - Features?

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  1. Bloating
  2. Flatulence
  3. Foul-smelling
  4. Fatty diarrhea (often seen in campers/hikers)
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Giardiasis - Diagnosis?

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Trophozoites OR cysts in stool.

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Giardiasis - Treatment?

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Metronidazole.

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Amebiasis - Features?

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  1. Bloody diarrhea (dysentery)
  2. Liver abscess (“Anchovy paste” exudate)
  3. RUQ pain (histology shows flask-shaped ulcer if submucosal abscess of colon ruptures).
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Amebiasis - Transmission?

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Cysts in water.

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Amebiasis - Diagnosis?

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Serology and/or trophozoites (with RBCs in the cytoplasm) OR cysts (with up to 4 nuclei) in stool.

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Amebiasis - Treatment?

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  1. Metronidazole

2. Iodoquinol for asymptomatic CYST passers.

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Cryptosporidium - Features?

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Severe diarrhea in AIDS.
Mild disease (watery diarrhea) in immunocompetent.
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Cryptosporidium - Transmission?

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Oocysts in water.

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Cryptosporidium - Diagnosis?

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Oocysts on acid-fast stain.

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Cryptosporidium treatment?

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  1. Prevention (by filtering city water supplies).

2. NITAZOXANIDE in immunocompetent hosts.

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T.gondii - causes?

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Reactivation in AIDS ==> Brain abscess seen as ring-enhancing brain lesions on MRI.

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Congenital toxo - classical triad?

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  1. Chorioretinitis
  2. Hydrocephalus
  3. Intracranial calcifications
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T.gondii - transmission?

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  1. Cysts in meat (MC).
  2. Oocysts in cat feces.
  3. Crosses placenta (pregnant women should avoid cats).
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T.gondii - diagnosis?

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Serology or biopsy (tachyzoites).

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Toxo - Treatment?

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Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine.

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Naegleria fowleri - causes?

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Rapidly fatal meningoencephalitis.

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N.fowleri - transmission?

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  1. Swimming in freshwater lakes .

2. Enters via cribriform plate.

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N.fowleri - diagnosis?

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Amoebas in spinal fluid.

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N.fowleri treatment?

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Amphotericin B has been effective for a few survivors.

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T.brucei - causes?

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African sleeping sickness.

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African sleeping sickness - features?

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  1. Enlarged lymph nodes
  2. Recurring fever (due to ANTIGENIC VARIATION)
  3. Somnolence
  4. Coma
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T.brucei - Transmission?

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Tsetse fly - a painful bite.

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T.brucei - diagnosis?

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TRYPOMASTIGOTE in blood smear.

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T.brucei - Treatment?

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  1. Suramin ==> Blood-borne disease.

2. Melarsoprol ==> CNS penetration.

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Malaria - Features?

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  1. Fever
  2. Headache
  3. Anemia
  4. Splenomegaly
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P.vivax/ovale - Features?

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48h-cycle - tertian; includes fever on 1st day and 3rd day, thus fevers are actually 48h apart.

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P.vivax/ovale - Dormant form?

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Hypnozoites in liver.

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P.falciparum - features?

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  1. Severe
  2. Irregular fever patterns
  3. Parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in brain (cerebral malaria), kidney, lungs.
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P.malariae - cycle?

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72h - quartan.

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Plasmodium - transmission?

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Mosquito (Anopheles).

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Plasmodium - diagnosis?

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Blood smear:

  1. Trophozoite ring form within RBC.
  2. Schizont containing merozoites.
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Plasmodium - treatment?

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  1. Begin with chloroquine, which blocks PLASMODIUM HEME POLYMERASE.
  2. If resistant - use mefloquine or atovaquone/proguanil.
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Plasmodium - Life-threatening - treatment?

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  1. IV quinidine (test for G6PD).

2. ARTESUNATE.

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P.vivax/ovale treatment?

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Add primaquine for hypnozoite (test for G6PD).

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Babesiosis - features?

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  1. Fever

2. Hemolytic anemia

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Babesiosis - where?

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Predominantly in northeastern US.

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Babesiosis - special risk?

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Asplenia –> Incr. risk for severe disease.

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Babesia - Transmission?

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Ixodes tick (same as B.burgdorferi) - often coinfection.

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Babesia - diagnosis?

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  1. Blood smear: Ring form - Maltese cross.

2. PCR.

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Babesiosis - Treatment?

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Atovaquone + Azithro

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T.cruzi - causes?

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Chagas

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Chagas - features?

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  1. DCM + APICAL ATROPHY.
  2. Megacolon
  3. Megaesophagus
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T.cruzi - where?

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Predominantly in South America.

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T.cruzi - transmission?

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  1. Reduviid bug - “kissing bug”
  2. Feces
  3. Deposited in a painless bite (much like a kiss)
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T.cruzi - diagnosis?

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TRYPOMASTIGOTE in blood smear.

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T.cruzi - treatment?

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  1. Benznidazole

2. Nifurtimox

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L.donovani - causes?

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Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar).

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Visceral leishmaniasis - features?

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  1. Spiking fevers
  2. HSM
  3. Pancytopenia
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L.donovani - transmission?

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Sand fly

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L.donovani - diagnosis?

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Macrophages containing AMASTIGOTES.

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L.donovani - treatment?

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  1. Amphotericin B.

2. Sodium STIBOGLUCONATE.

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T.vaginalis - causes?

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Vaginitis.

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T.vaginalis - not to be confused with?

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G.vaginalis - gram variable bacterium associated with bacterial vaginosis.

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T.vaginalis - Transmission?

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Sexual (CANNOT EXIST OUTSIDE human because it cannot form cysts).

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T.vaginalis - diagnosis?

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Trophozoites (motile) on wet mount. “Strawberry cervix”.

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T.vaginalis - treatment?

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Metronidazole for patient and partner (prophylaxis).

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Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) - transmission?

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Fecal-oral

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E.vermicularis (pinworm) - causes?

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Intestinal infection causing ANAL PRURITUS (diagnosed via SCOTCH TAPE TEST).

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E.vermicularis (pinworm) - treatment?

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Bendazoles (because worms are bendy).

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Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - transmission?

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Fecal-oral ==> eggs visible in feces under microscope.

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Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - disease?

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Intestinal infection ==> Possible OBSTRUCTION at ileocecal valve.

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Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - treatment?

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Bendazoles.

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Strongyloides stercoralis - transmission?

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Larvae in soil penetrate the skin.

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Strongyloides stercoralis - disease?

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Intestinal infection causing:

  1. Vomiting
  2. Diarrhea
  3. Epigastric pain (may be peptic ulcer-like)
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Strongyloides stercoralis - treatment?

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Ivermectin or bendazoles.

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hookworms) - transmission?

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Larvae penetrate skin.

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hookworms) - disease?

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Intestinal infection causing:

Anemia –> Sucking blood from intestinal walls.

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hookworms) - treatment?

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Bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate.

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Onchocerca volvulus - transmission?

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Female blackfly bite.

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Onchocerca volvulus - Disease?

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  1. Skin changes.
  2. Loss of ELASTIC FIBERS.
  3. River blindness.
    ==> Black flies + Black skin nodules + Black sight.
    ==> ALLERGIC REACTION TO MICROFILARIA possible.
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Onchocerca volvulus - treatment?

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Ivermectin (IVERmectin for rIVER blindness).

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Loa loa - transmission?

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  1. Deer fly.
  2. Horse fly.
  3. Mango fly.
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Loa loa - disease?

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  1. Swelling in skin.

2. Worm in conjunctiva.

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Loa loa - treatment?

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Diethylcarbamazine.

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Wuchereria bancrofti - transmission?

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Female mosquito

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Wuchereria bancrofti - disease?

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Elephantiasis:
Worms invade lymph nodes and cause inflammation ==> Can block the lymphatic vessels.
==> Takes 9 MONTHS-1 YEAR after bite to become symptomatic.

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Wuchereria bancrofti - treatment?

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Diethylcarbamazine.

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Toxocara canis - transmission?

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Fecal-oral

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Toxocara canis - disease?

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Visceral larva migrans.

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Toxocara canis - treatment?

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Bendazoles.

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Nemotodes (roundworms):

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A. INTESTINAL:

  1. E.vermicularis
  2. Ascaris lumbricoides
  3. Strongyloides stercoralis
  4. Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus
  5. Trichinella spiralis.

B. TISSUE:

  1. Onchocerca volvulus
  2. Loa loa
  3. Wucheria bancrofti
  4. Toxocara canis
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Nematode routes of infection - ingested?

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  1. Enterobius
  2. Ascaris
  3. Toxocara
  4. Trichinella.
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Nematode route of infection - Cutaneous?

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  1. Strongyloides
  2. Ancylostoma
  3. Necator
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Nematode routes of infection - Bites?

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  1. Loa loa
  2. Onchocerca volvulus
  3. Wuchereria bancrofti
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Cestodes?

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  1. Taenia solium
  2. Diphyllobothrium latum
  3. Echinococcus granulosus
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Taenia solium - transmission?

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  1. Ingestion of larvae encysted in undercooked pork ==> Intestinal tapeworm.
  2. Ingestion of eggs contaminated with human feces ==> Cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis.
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Taenia solium - disease?

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  1. Intestinal tapeworm

2. Cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis

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Taenia solium - intestinal infection treatment?

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Praziquantel.

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Taenia solium - cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis treatment?

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  1. Praziquantel

2. Albendazole for neurocysticercosis

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Diphyllobothrium latum - transmission?

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Ingestion of larvae from raw freshwater fish.

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Diphyllobothrium latum - disease?

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VitB12 def. (tapeworm competes for B12 in intestine) –> MEGALOBLASTIC Anemia.

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Diphyllobothrium latum - treatment?

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Praziquantel.

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Echinococcus granulosus - transmission?

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Ingestion of eggs from dog feces.

==> SHEEP are INTERMEDIATE HOST.

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Echinococcus granulosus - disease?

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Hydatid cysts in liver –> causing anaphylaxis if antigens released (surgeons preinject with ETHANOL or HYPERTONIC SALINE to kill cysts before removal).

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Echinococcus granulosus - treatment?

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Albendazole.

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Trematodes (flukes) ?

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  1. Schistosoma

2. Clonorchis sinensis

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Schistosoma -transmission?

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Snails are host - cercariae penetrate skin of humans.

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Schistosoma - disease?

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  1. Liver and spleen ENLARGEMENT, fibrosis, inflammation.

2. Chronic infection with S.haematobium can lead to SCC of the bladder (painless hematuria) + PULMONARY HTN.

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Schistosoma - treatment?

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Praziquantel

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Clonorchis sinensis - transmission?

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Undercooked fish

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Clonorchis sinensis - disease?

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  1. Biliary tract inflammation –> pigmented gallstones.

2. Associated with cholangiocarcinoma!

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Clonorchis sinensis treatment?

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Praziquantel.

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Biliary tract disease

Cholangiocarcinoma

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Clonorchis sinensis

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Brain cysts

Seizures

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Taenia solium (NEUROcysticercosis)

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Hematuria

Bladder SCC

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Schistosoma haematobium

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Liver (hydatid) cysts

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Microcytic anemia

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Ancylostoma, Necator

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Perianal pruritus

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Enterobius

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Portal HTN

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Schistosoma mansonii, Schistosoma japonicum

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VitB12 def

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Diphyllobothrium latum.

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2 Ectoparasites:

A
  1. Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei).

2. Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis).

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Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) - Mites that …?

A
  1. Burrow into the STRATUM CORNEUM ==> Cause PRURITUS.

2. Causes serpiginous burrows (lines) in webspace of hands and feet.

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Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) - Common in …?

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  1. Children.

2. Crowded populations (jails, nursing homes).

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Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) - Transmission through …?

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Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) - Tx:

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  1. Permethrin cream.
  2. Washing/drying ALL CLOTHING/BEDDING.
  3. Treat close contacts.
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Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis):

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BLOOD-SUCKING insects that prefer to live on CLOTHING.

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Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) - Cause …?

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  1. INTENSE PRURITUS.

2. Pink macules + Papules commonly in intertriginous regions.

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Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) - Can transmit:

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  1. Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus).
  2. Borrelia recurrentis (relapsing fever).
  3. Bartonella quintana (trench fever).
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Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) - Tx:

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  1. Pyrethroids.
  2. Malathion.
  3. Ivermectin lotion.
  4. Nit combing.
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Children with head lice can be treated at …?

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HOME without interrupting school.

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Myalgias + Periorbital edema:

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T.spiralis.

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Schistosoma mansonii - Morphology:

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Egg with LATERAL SPINE.

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S.haematobium - Morphology:

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Egg with TERMINAL SPINE.

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VISCERAL larva migrans (Toxocara canis) - Pathogenesis:

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  1. Nematodes migrate to BLOOD through intestinal wall causing inflammation and damage.
  2. Organs frequently affected include:
    A. HEART (myocarditis).
    B. LIVER.
    C. CNS (Seizures + coma).
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Trichinella spiralis - Disease:

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Intestinal infection.

==> Larvae enter bloodstream and encyst in STRIATED muscle ==> Inflammation of muscle.

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Trichinosis:

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  1. Fever.
  2. Vomiting.
  3. Nausea.
  4. Periorbital edema.
  5. Myalgia.
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T.spiralis - Transmission:

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Fecal-oral ==> Undercooked meat (ESPECIALLY PORK).

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T.spiralis - Tx:

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Bendazoles.

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Immune response to helminths:

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Eosinophils act by HSR I + HRS II in responding to helminths.

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Immune response to helminths - HSR I:

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Neutralization of histamine and LTs.

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Immune response to helminths - HSR II:

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Eosinophils attach to surface of helminths via IgE + Release cytotoxins (eg MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN) contained in their granules.

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Vaginitis:

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  1. Foul-smelling + Greenish discharge.

2. Itching + Burning.

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis:

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SKIN ULCERS.

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T.cruzi - Characteristic of acute stage:

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ROMANA SIGN ==> Unilateral periorbital swelling.

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Malaria - Diagnosis of P.vivax/ovale?

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Red granules (SCHUFFNER STIPPLING) throughout RBC cytoplasm seen with P.vivax/ovale.

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2 subspecies of T.brucei:

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  1. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.

2. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

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