INTESTINAL FLUKES Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE INTESTINAL FLUKES?
- FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI
- INTESTINAL HETEROPHYDES
- METAGONIMUS YOKOGAWAI
- HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES - ECHINOSTOMA ILOCANUM
- ARTYFECHINOSTOMUM MALAYANUM
GIANT INTESTINAL LIVER FLUKE
FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI
NATURAL DEFINITIVE HOST OF FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI
MAN, HOGS/PIGS
OCCASIONALLY DOGS
MORPHOLOGY OF F. BUSKI ADULT WORM
7 CM
THICK, FLESHY, OVATE WITH SPINOUS CUTICLE
**INDENTED INTESTINAL CECA THAT IS UNBRANCHED AND REACHES UP TO THE POSTERIOR END
ORAL SUCKER IS 1/4 OF VENTRAL SUCKER
**DENDRITIC AND IN TANDEM TESTES
**BRANCHED OVARIES AT MIDLINE (LOBULATED IN F. HEPATICA)
SEGMENTINA, HIPPEUTIS, GYRAULUS
1ST INTERMEDIATE HOST OF FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI
TRAPA, EICHORNIA, ELIOCHARIS, ZIZANIA, IPOMEA OBSURA, NYMPHAEA LOTUS
WATER CALTROP, WATER HYACINTH, WATER CHESTNUT, WATER BAMBOO, WATER MORNING GLORY
2ND INTERMEDIATE HOST OF FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI
PATHOLOGY OF FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI
FASCIOLOPSIASIS
TOXIC D/T ACCUMULATION OF WASTE PRODUCTS OF WORM
ULCREATION, ABSCESS FORMATION
DIAGNOSIS OF F. BUSKI
EGGS IN STOOL LOOK LIKE ECHINOSTOMES, FASCIOLA HEPATICA, FASCIOLA GIGANTICA
ELLIPSOIDAL, CLEAR, THIN SHELL, SMALL OPERCULUM
UNDEVELOPED IN FECES
TREATMENT OF F. BUSKI
PRAZIQUANTEL
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF F. BUSKI
NOT YET DEMONSTRATED IN THE PHILIPPINES
METAGONIMUS YOKOGAWAI
JAPANESE FLUKE
SMALLEST HUMAN FLUKE
NATURAL DEFINITIVE HOST OF M. YOKOGAWAI
MAN, HOGS, DOGS, CATS, PELICANS
ADULT WORM MORPHOLOGY OF M. YOKOGAWAI
1.4X0.6 MM
1 0VARY, GLOBAL
OVAL TESTES, OBLIQUE TO EACH OTHER, IN POSTERIOR THIRD
HUA, SEMISULCOSPIRA, THIARA SP.
1ST INTERMEDIATE HOST OF M. YOKOGAWAI
2ND INTERMEDIATE HOST OF M. YOKOGAWAI
FRESHWATER/BRACKISH WATER FISH
SALMONOID FISHES
-PLECTEGLOSSUS SP.
- SALMON SP.
CYPRIOD FISHES
- RICHARSONIUM SP.
- ODONTOBUTIS SP.
PATHOLOGY OF M. YOKOGAWAI
METAGONOMIASIS -EXCYSTS IN DUODENUM -RESIDES IN JEJUNUM, RARELY IN DUODENUM EGGS CAN GO TO LYMPHATICS OR MESENTERIC VENULES AND FORM GRANULOMAS CAN AFFECT HEART, BRAIN ETC.
DIAGNOSIS OF M. YOKOGAWAI
THIN SHELLED, OPERCULATED EGGS
**SLIGHTLY DISTINCT OPERCULAR GROOVE
**NODULAR THICKENING AT POSTERIOR END
SIMILAR TO HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES
DEVELOPED IN FECES
TREATMENT OF M. YOKOGAWAI
PRAZIQUANTEL
OTHER NAME FOR HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES
NONE
NATURAL DEFINITIVE HOST OF HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES
MAN
RESERVOIR HOSTS OF HETEROPHYES HETEROPHYES
DOGS, CATS, BIRDS
ADULT WORM MORPHOLOGY OF H. HETEROPHYESD
2 OVOID TESTES THAT ARE SIDE BY SIDE (NOT IN TANDEM)
LARGE ANTERIOR SUCKER IN MIDDLE THIRD
PYRIFORM, SCALE-LIKE SPINOUS CUTICLE
WITH < 1 YEAR LIFE SPAN
GONOTYL/GENITAL SUCKER AT LEFT POSTERIOR BORDER OF VENTRAL SUCKER
PIRENELLA, CIRETHIDIA, MELANIA JUNCEA, THIARA RIQUETTI
1ST INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF H. HETEROPHYES
2ND INTERMEDIATE HOST OF H. HETEROPHYES
FRESHWATER/ BRACKISH WATER/ SALT WATER FISH
- MUGIL (MULLET)
- TILAPIA
- ACANTHOGOBIUS SP.
METACERCARIA FREQUENTLY FOUND AT BASE OF FINS