Intestinal Nematodes Flashcards
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pinworm is a name for what infection
Enterobious vermicularis (oxiurious)
How is it transmitted?
Fecal -oral. People scratch their annus and then put thir fingers in their mouths. (females lay eggs during the night)
How do you dx Pinworm
Scotch tape test
Tx for pinworms
pyrantel pamoate/ albendazol
What are hookworm infections ?
Ancyclostoma duodenale and Necator
americanus
How are hookworms transmitted
They enter bloodstream when you walk barefoot. They go up to the lungs, mature and get coughed up and swallowed so they go to the intestine
How you diagnose hookworm
eggs on stool.
Lab abn commonly found in hookworm infection is
Iron def anemia, eosinophilia
DOC for hookworm and pinworm
Pyrantel pamoate.
Most important complication of Ascaris infection is
Intestinal obstruction (ileocecal valve)
Ascaris dx is
eggs on stool, eosinophilia.
Ascaris tx
Albendazole (microtubule dysfunction). give pyrantel pam to pregos
Strongyloides stercolydes also known as
threadworm
how is strongylodiasis transmitted
Filariform larva penetrates
intact skin;
Autoinfection.
Diagnosis of Strongyloides is
Larvae in stool, serology , eosinophilia
