Family: PARAGONIMIDAE Flashcards
“Oriental lung fluke” “Plump fluke”
Paragonimus westermanii
Occurs as cyst in the lungs, rarely in the brain, spinal cord and other organs of a variety of wild and domestic animals (dog, cat, pig, goat, cattle, and man)
Paragonimus westermanii
Endemic in Bicol and Visayas (Leyte, Samar) region
Paragonimus westermanii
1st I. H of Paragonimus westermanii
Snail ( Brotea aspirata, Melania sp., Ampullaria sp.)
1st I. H of Paragonimus westermanii
Snail ( Brotea aspirata, Melania sp., Ampullaria sp.)
2nd I. H of Paragonimus westermanii
Crab (Parathelpusa mistio, Potaman sp, Sundathelpusa)
Pathogenesis of Paragonimus westermanii
Eosinophilic peritonitis
Pseudotubercles
Life cycle of Paragonimus westermanii
Eggs
snails
Crabs
Final host
Adult
Occurs as cyst in the lungs of wild animals, cat, dog and pig, rat, and man in North America
Paragonimus kellicoti
Human zoonotic imporatance
Paragonimus kellicoti
Occurs in the lungs of man
Paragonimus ringeri
Treatment for paragonimus westermanii
Albendazole
Penbendazole
Bithionol