Helminths Flashcards

1
Q

roundworm

A

nematod

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2
Q

flatworm

A

platyhelminths

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3
Q

helminth response

A

to dead worm and eggs

-eosinophilia

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4
Q

ascaris lumbricoides

A
southern US and tropics
-consume food with eggs
-mild/asymptomatic
-cramping
-bile ducts, gallbladder, appendix/liver
-malnutrition
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5
Q

hookworm

A

necatur americanus

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6
Q

necatur americanus

A

walk shoeless- get into foot

diarrhea, abdomen pain, weight loss

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7
Q

itchy rash on foot, diarrhea, abdomen pain, weight loss, iron deficient anemia

A

necatur americanus

hookworm

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8
Q

ancylostoma duodenale

A

same as necatur americanus

-but intestine to lung transmission

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9
Q

vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, anemia, weight loss, rash, coughing and wheezing

A

strongyloides stercolis

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10
Q

enterotest

A

swallow string and cough up

-strongyloides stercolis

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11
Q

autoinfection with strongyloides stercolis

A

penetrate intestine directly

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12
Q

direct cycle with strongyloides stercolis

A

larvae to feces

-next person to lungs

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13
Q

indirecy cycle with strongyloides stercolis

A

larvae to feces

  • mate in soil
  • eggs to next person
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14
Q

trichinella spiralis

A

raw pork

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15
Q

larvae encysted in skeletal muscle

A

trichinella spiralis

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16
Q

fever, muscle aches, increased CPK

A

trichinella spiralis

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17
Q

whipworm

A

trichuris trichuria

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18
Q

eggs in feces that look like footballs with bumps on ends

A

whipworm
-trichuris trichuria

abdomen pain, diarrhea

no rise in eosinophilia

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19
Q

pinworm

A

enterobius vermicularis

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20
Q

enterobius vermicularis

A

pinworm

-itchy bum

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21
Q

black flies

A

onchocerca volvulus

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22
Q

onchocercal volvulus

A

africa and S/C america

  • dark pigment rash itchy
  • intraepithelial granulomas
  • lizard skin
  • river blindless
23
Q

dark pigment, rash itchy, intraepithelial granulomas, lizard skin, river blindness

A

onchocercal volvulus

africa and S/C america

24
Q

elephantitis

A

wuchereria bancrofti
brugia malayi

lymph infection - gets blocked (fibrosis)

  • swelling
  • get thick scaly skin
25
Q

wuchereria bancrofti

A

elephantitis

26
Q

brugia malayi

A

elephantitis

27
Q

elephantitis in pacific islands and africa

A

wuchereria bancrofti

28
Q

elephantitis in malay peninsula and SE asia

A

brugia malayi

29
Q

guinea worm

A

dranunculus medinensis
-nausea, vomiting, breathlessness

in africa

remove - twisty stick

30
Q

creeping eruption

A

with cutaneous larval migrans

  • southeast US
  • hookworm infection

allergy to migrating larvae

31
Q

flukes

A

trematodes

32
Q

tapeworm

A

cestodes

-hermaphrodite

33
Q

blood flukes

A

schistosoma

34
Q

schistosoma

A

blood fluke

  • snail
  • penetrate skin > to liver > eggs to intestine and bladder
35
Q

syndromes with schistosoma

A

dermatitis - swikkers kin
katayma fever
chronic fibrosis - veins around bladder/intestine

36
Q

swimmers itch, fever, hives, weight loss, cough, portal HTN, pulmonary a. HTN, diarrhea, brain SC injury, hematuria, diarrhea, eosinophilia

A

shistosoma

37
Q

katayma fever

A

with schistosoma

-fever, hives, weight loss, cough

38
Q

tapeworms

A

cestodes

  • hermaphrodites
  • proglottids
39
Q

scolex

A

mouth of tapeworm

40
Q

taenia solium

A

pork tapeworm

41
Q

cysticercosis

A

ingest eggs of taenia solium

-to brain/skeletal m. - form cysts

42
Q

number one cause of seizures in C/S america, phillipines, SE asia

A

taenia solium

-pork tapeworm

43
Q

calcified cystercerci on CAT scan in brain and muscles
proglottids in feces
eosinophilia

A

taenia solium

44
Q

beef tapeworm

A

taenia saginata

  • no cysticerci
  • relatively benign
45
Q

taenia saginata

A

beef tapeworm

46
Q

diphyllobathrium latum

A

fish tapeworm

  • Vit B12 deficiency
  • anemia
47
Q

vit B12 deficiency and anemia

A

fish tapeworm

-diphyllobathrium latum

48
Q

dwarf tapeworm

A

hymenolepsis nana

-abdomen discomfort, nausea and vomiting

49
Q

hymenolepsis nana

A

dwarf tapeworm

-abdomen discomfort, nause and vomiting

50
Q

hydatid disease

A

echinococcus granulosus and multilocularis

extra-intestinal tapeworm disease

cyst larvae - hydatids - in liver, lung, kidney, brain

allergic rxn severe if cyst burst

51
Q

fluid in cyst causes severe allergic reaction

A

hydatid disease

52
Q

echinococcus granulosus

A

hydatid disease

53
Q

multilocularis

A

hydatid disease