Helminths Cards Short

Question 1

Enterobius/pinworm

Answer 1

Perianal itch, dome shaped eggs, cellophane tape test. Pyrantel for gut, albendazole for bloodstream

Question 2

Trichuris/whip worm

Answer 2

Soil embronization, anemia, rectal prolapse, albendazole (bloodstream)

Question 3

Ascaris / roundworm

Answer 3

Loeffler’s, Charcot-Leyden crystals, albendazole

Question 4

Necator americanus / hookworm

Answer 4

Cutaneous larva migrans, creeping eruption, ground itch, anemia. Albendazole

Question 5

Strongyloides

Answer 5

autoinfection, larva currents, hyperinfection, Loeffler’s, Ivermectin

Question 6

Toxocara cani/cati

Answer 6

Visceral larvae migrans, ocular larvae migrans, albendazole, corticosteroids

Question 7

Trichinella spiralis

Answer 7

Meat, myalgia, albendazole w/ corticosteroids

Question 8

Wuchereria/Brugia

Answer 8

Lymphedema, elephantitis, filariasis, fistula, wolbachia, blood smear, doxycycline + albendazole, DEC for microfiliariae

Question 9

Diphyllobothrium latum

Answer 9

Freshwater fish, scolex, megaloblastic anemia, praziquantel

Question 10

Taenia Sagninata

Answer 10

Beef tapeworm, proglottid passage, oral praziqantel

Question 11

Taenia Solium

Answer 11

Pork Tapeworm, new onset seizures, cysticercosis (definitive), taeniasis (definitive), albendazole w/ corticosteroids, praziquantel

Question 12

Echinococcus granulosis

Answer 12

Dog Tapeworm, Hydatid disease, biliary dysfunction, PAIR, albendazole

Question 13

Schistosomiasis

Answer 13

Swimmer’s itch, snail, fluke, Katayama syndrome, squamous cell carcinoma, praziquantel

Question 14

Perianal itch, dome shaped eggs, cellophane tape test. Pyrantel for gut, albendazole for bloodstream

Answer 14

Enterobius/pinworm

Question 15

Soil embronization, anemia, rectal prolapse, albendazole (bloodstream)

Answer 15

Trichuris/whip worm

Question 16

Loeffler’s, Charcot-Leyden crystals, albendazole

Answer 16

Ascaris / roundworm

Question 17

Cutaneous larva migrans, creeping eruption, ground itch, anemia. Albendazole

Answer 17

Necator americanus / hookworm

Question 18

autoinfection, larva currents, hyperinfection, Loeffler’s, Ivermectin

Answer 18

Strongyloides

Question 19

Visceral larvae migrans, ocular larvae migrans, albendazole, corticosteroids

Answer 19

Toxocara cani/cati

Question 20

Meat, myalgia, albendazole w/ corticosteroids

Answer 20

Trichinella spiralis

Question 21

Lymphedema, elephantitis, filariasis, fistula, wolbachia, blood smear, doxycycline + albendazole, DEC for microfiliariae

Answer 21

Wuchereria/Brugia

Question 22

Freshwater fish, scolex, megaloblastic anemia, praziquantel

Answer 22

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 23

Beef tapeworm, proglottid passage, oral praziqantel

Answer 23

Taenia Sagninata

Question 24

Pork Tapeworm, new onset seizures, cysticercosis (definitive), taeniasis (definitive), albendazole w/ corticosteroids, praziquantel

Answer 24

Taenia Solium

Question 25

Dog Tapeworm, Hydatid disease, biliary dysfunction, PAIR, albendazole

Answer 25

Echinococcus granulosis

Question 26

Swimmer’s itch, snail, fluke, Katayama syndrome, squamous cell carcinoma, praziquantel

Answer 26

Schistosomiasis