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Intestinal and Tissue Nematodes - TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS Flashcards

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Tissue nematode

PIGS - intermediate host

the ONLY INTRACELLULAR helminths

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Trichinella spiralis

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Transmission of Trichinella spiralis

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digesting undercooked pork

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Diagnostic test for Trichinella spiralis

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MUSCLE BIOPSY: most definitive; LARVAE W/N STRIATED MUSCLE

elevated CPKs

xenodiagnosis

Bentonite Flocculation Test

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Pathogenesis of Trichinella spiralis

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INTESTINAL STAGE: liberated from pork by gastric juices

MUSCLE STAGE: disseminated HEMATOGENOUSLY to STRIATED SKELETAL MUSCLE – encysted w/n a host derived cell (NURSE CELL)

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MILD DISEASE

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fever, muscle pain (MYALGIA)

PERIORBITAL EDEMA

eosinophilia

SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - hemorrhagic phemomena

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SEVERE DISEASE

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myocarditis
encephalitis
pneumonia
RESPIRATORY MYOSITIS

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Treatment for trichinosis

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Thiabendazole

EARLY INFECTION
*Mebendazole

SEVERE INFECTION
*steroids + Albendazole

NO EFFECTIVE TREATMENT

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