Nematode, Cestode - Microbio handout Flashcards
[Pharma]
DOC for ascaris
albendazole
[Pharma]
DOC for Ancylostoma and Necator
Albendazole
[Pharma]
DOC for Trichuris
Mebendazole
[Pharma]
DOC for Enterobius
Pyrantel pamoate
[Pharma]
DOC for strongyloides
Ivermectin
[Pharma]
DOC for capillaria
Albendazole
[Pharma]
DOC for Wuchereria and Brugia
DEC
[Pharma]
DOC for trichnella
Thiabendazole
What is the most common and largest intestinal nematode?
Ascaris
What is the infective stage of ascaris?
Embryonated egg
What is the diagnositc stage of ascaris?
unembryonated egg
Ascaris mature in which part of the body?
lungs
Ascaris turn into adult worm where
Small intestine
Worms that have a lung migration phase?
- Ascaris
- Hookworm
- Strongyloides
What is the diagnostic test to determine ascariasis?
- Direct fecal smear
2. Kato katz technique
____ syndrome
hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to lung migration of Hookworm, Ascariasis, Strongyloides
Loeffler Syndrome
___ are blood sucking nematods, presence of buccal spear in filariform larvaoe
N. americanus
A. duodenale
What is the infective stage of hookworm?
Filariform larvae
What is the diagnostic stage of hookworm?
eggs in feces
Adult hookworm live in preferentially live ____
distal jejunum
[Diagnose]
oval or ellipsoidal with thin shell egg
Hookworm
[Diagnose]
Hookworm with buccal spears of filariform larvae
Ancylostoma with teeth
[Diagnose]
Hookworm with semilunar cutting plates
Necator
What are the chronic effect of hookworm?
Microcytic anemia
Hypoalbuminemia
Tx: Albendazole
___ refers to whipworm
Trichuris trichiuria
What is the infective stage of T. trichiuria?
Embryonated egg
What is the diagnostic stage of T. trichuria?
unembryonated egg
[Diagnose]
barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar plugs; football or chinese lanter
Trichuris
Can cause rectal prolapse
Trichuris trichuria
___ also called pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis
___ is a nematode whose parasite is confined to humans
Enterobius vermicularis
What is the most common STH in developed countries?
Enterobius vermicularis
Tx: Pyrantel pamoate
What is the infective stage of Enterobius vermicularis?
embryonated egg
What is the diagnostic stage of E. vermicularis
eggs on perianal fold
Scotch tape technique is used to detect ____
E. vermicularis
autiinfection can occur
Adult E. vermicularis preferentially establish in which part of the intestine?
Colon (usually in the cecum)
___ refers to appendicitis that is fue to E. vermicularis
Oxyuriasis
___ is an STH that is a facultative parasite
S. stercoralis
Tx: Ivermectin
What is the infective stage of S. stercoralis?
Filariform larvae
What is the diagnostic stage of S. stercoralis?
Rhabditiform larvae
What is the method of diagnosing S. stercoralis wherein the fecal material is incubated in a test tube containing water
Harada-Mori Culture
[Diagnosis]
larva currens, paradoxical asthma, hyperinfection syndrome, duodenitis
S. stercoralis
Tx: ivermectin
__ is the only nematode whose life cycle involves a migratory bird
C. philippinensis
What is the infective stage of C. philippinensis?
Infective larvae
What is the diagnostic stage of C. philippinensis?
Unembryonated egg
[Diagnosis]
Peanut-shaped eggs with flattened bipolar plugs
C. philippinensis
[Diagnosis]
ulcerative and compressive degeneration of enterocytes, leading to severe malabsorption
C. philippinensis
[Diagnose]
Chronic watery diarrhea, edema, wasting, protein-losing enteropathy, hypogammaglobinemia
C. philippinensis
Tx: Albendazole
___ most debilitating nematode infection
Wuchereria and Brugia
[Wuchereria/Brugia]
curved, no terminal nuclei, scrotal edema
Wuchereria
[Wuchereria/Brugia]
Kinky, present in terminal nuclei, elephantiasis
Brugia
What is the infective stage of Wuchereria and Brugia?
3rd larval stage
What is the diagnostic stage of Wuchereria and Brugia?
Microfilaria