Helminths Flashcards
Parasites are divided to
- Protozoa
2. Helminthes
Helminthes are divided to
- Nematodes (roundworms)
- Cestodes (tapeworms)
- Trematodes (flukes)
Antihelmintihic therapy - drugs
- Menbendazole
- Pyrantel paomate
- Ivermectin
- Diethylacarbamazine
- Praziquantel
Nematodes are also called and are divided to
roundworms
- intestinal
- tissue
Nematodes (roundworms) bugs and divisions
intestinal:
- Enterobius vermcularis (pinworm)
- Ascaris Lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
- strongyloides stercoralis
- Ancylostomas duodenale (hookworm)
- Necator americans (hookworm)
- Trichinella spiralis
tissue: - ochocerca vovlulus
- loa loa
- wucheria bancrofti
- Toxocara canis
Enterobius vermcularis is AKA
pinworm
Enterobius vermcularis (pinworm) - transmission
fecal oral
Enterobius vermcularis (pinworm) - disease
intestinal infection causing anal pruritus
Enterobius vermcularis (pinworm) - treatment
bendazoles
Enterobius vermcularis (pinworm) - diagnosis
seeing egg via the tape test
Ascaris lumbricoides is AKA
giant roundworm
Ascaris Lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - transmission
fecal oral
Ascaris Lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - disease
intestinal infection with possible obstruction at ileocecal valve
Ascaris Lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - treatment
bendazoles
Ascaris Lumbricoides (giant roundworm) - microscopy
egg visible in feces under microscope
Strogyloides stercoralis - transmission
Larvae in soil penetrate the skin
Larvae?
distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
Strogyloides stercoralis - disease
intestinal infection causing vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric pain (may feel like peptic ulcer)
Strogyloides stercoralis treatment
bendazoles or ivemectin
Ancylostomas duodenale and Necator americans (hookworms) - transmission
larvae penetrate skin
Ancylostomas duodenale and Necator americans (hookworms) - disease
intestinal infection causing microcytic anemia by sucking blood from intestinal walls
Cutaneous lavra migrans
Cutaneous lavra migrans?
caused by Hookworms: pruritic, serpiginous rash from walking barefoot on contaminated beach
Ancylostomas duodenale and Necator americans (hookworms) - treatment
bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate
tissue nematodes (roundworms) - bugs
- onchocerca vovlulus
- loa loa
- wurcheria bancrofti
- toxocara canis
onchocerca vovlulus - transmission and treatment
female blackfly bite
ivermectin
onchocerca vovlulus disease
- hyperpigmented skin
- river blindness skin nobules
- allergic reaction to microfilaria possible
- loss of elastic fibers
Wucheria bancrofti - transmission
female mosquito
Wucheria bancrofti - disease and symptoms (and mechanism)
ELEPHANTIASIS: worms block lymphatic vessels –> edema (takes 9 months - 1 yr after bite to become symptomatic)
Wucheria bancrofti - treatment
diethylcarbamazine
loa loa - disease?
swelling in skin, worm in conjunctiva
loa loa - transmission
- deer fly
- horse fly
- mango fly
loa loa - treatment
diethylcarbamazine
Toxocara canis - transmission nematodes migrate to bood through intestinal wall causing inflammation and damage
fecal oral
Toxocara canis - disease and mechanism
visceral lavra migrans: nematodes migrate to bood through intestinal wall causing inflammation and damage –> organs frequently affected include the heart (myocarditis) liver and CNS (seizure and coma)
trichinella spiralis - transmission
fecal oral undercooked meat (eps pork)
Toxocara canis - treatment
Bendazoles