ID - Helmiths

Question 1

Trematode infections

Answer 1

praziquantel

Question 2

Acute schistomas

Answer 2

prednisolone 40 mg x 5 d

Question 3

Fasciola liver fluke

Answer 3

triclabendazole

Question 4

Opisthorchis liver fluke

Answer 4

PZQ

Question 5

clonorchis liver fluke

Answer 5

PZQ

Question 6

Fasciolopsis intestinal fluke

Answer 6

PZQ

Question 7

Diphyllobothrium

Answer 7

PZQ 5-10 mg/kg PO x 1

Question 8

nana

Answer 8

PZQ 15-25 mg/kg PO x 1

Question 9

saginata/solium

Answer 9

PZQ 5-10 mg/kg PO x 1

Question 10

taenia solium cysticerosis

Answer 10

albendazole, anti eleptics, steroids

Question 11

echinococcus granulosus

Answer 11

albendazole 1 wk 10-15 mg/kg/d PO

Question 12

Trichuris trichiura

Answer 12

albendazole or mebendazole 3 days + ivermectin

Question 13

Pinworm - enterobius vermicularis

Answer 13

single dose of pyrantel pamoate, mebendazole, or albendazole

Question 14

Ascaris lumbricoides - roundworm

Answer 14

albendazole 400mg PO x 1

Question 15

hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
Necator americanus

Answer 15

Albendazole 400mg PO daily x 3 days

Question 16

Strongyloides stercoralis

Answer 16

Uncomplicated- ivermectin (200 µg/kg) daily x 2 days

TX: Hyperinfection- invermectin continued x 2 weeks after fecal testing is negative