Parasite: nematodes (roundworms)

Question 1

anisakis simplex

-vomiting

Answer 1

none

Question 2

ancylostoma braziliense

-cutaneous larval migrans

Answer 2

thiabendazole

Question 3

(1) ancylostoma duodenale
(2) necator americanus
- hookworms

Answer 3

albendazole

second line: mebendazole

folic acid for anemia

Question 4

(1) brugia malayi (tropical pulmonary eosinophilia)
(2) loa loa (eye worm)
(3) onchocerca volvulus (african river blindness
(4) wuchereria bancrofti (lumphatic filiarisis)

Answer 4

diethylcarbamazine

second line for wuchereria bancrofti: ivermectin

Question 5

enterobius vermicularis

-pinworm

Answer 5

mebendazole

second line: pyrantel pamoate

Question 6

ascarias lumbricoides

-roundworm

Answer 6

albendazole

second line: pyrantel pamoate

Question 7

strongloides stercoralis

-threadworm

Answer 7

ivermectin

Question 8

(1) Toxocara canis, T. cati (visceral larval migrans)

2) trichinella spiralis (trichosis

Answer 8

albendazole

Question 9

trichuris trichiura

-whipworm

Answer 9

mebendazole