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Parasites Flashcards

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Loffler’s Syndrome

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Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides sterocoralis, Ancylostoma, Necator

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Enterobius vermicularis

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1 in US. F/O rought.

Pinworm.

Interstinal infection w/ anal pruritis
Scotch tape test

Tx: Bendazole (albendazole or mebendazole) or pyrantel pamoate

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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F/O, eggs found in stool

Intestinal infection.

Loffler’s syndrome

Tx: Bendazole (albendazole or mebendazole) or pyrantel pamoate

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Strongyloides sterocalis

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Larvae in soil –> penetrate skin

Vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric pain (ulcer like)

Loffler’s syndrome

Tx: Ivermectin or albendazole

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus

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Hook worms

Larvae –> skin –> intestin

Suck blood –> anemia

Loffler’s Syndrome

Tx: Bendazole (albendazole or mebendazole) or pyrantel pamoate

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Onchocerca volvulus

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Female black flight. Black fly, black skin nodules, black sight

River blindess

Ivermectin is the treatment

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Loa Loa

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Deer, horse or mango fly

Swelling in skin and worm in conjunctiva

Tx: Diethylcarbamazine

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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Female mosquito

Filariasis

Blocks lymphatics –> elephantitis

9mo-1year till symptoms

Diethylcarbamazine

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Toxocara canil

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F/O Visceral larva migrans

Albendazole or mebendazole

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EAT

SANd

lay LOW to avoid getting bitten

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Enterobius, Ascariasis, Toxocara

Strongyloides, Ancyclostoma, Necator

Loa Loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Wucheriria

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Taneia solium

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Ingest larvae encysted in undercooked pork, ingest eggs.

Interstinal infection.

Cysticercocis if consume cyst from feces of human

Tx: Praziquantal if Intestinal

Praziquantal;albendazole for neurocystercircosis
Add corticosteroid for inflammation

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Larva from freshwater fish

B12 deficiency

Fish tape worm

Competes for B12 –> anemia

Praziquantal

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Echniococcus granulosus

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Eggs from dog feces, hatch in lumen, cyst to parencyma –> hydatid cyst

Hydatid cyst in liver –> anaphylaxis if surgery removal

Injct ethanol first to kill

Albendazole

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Schistosoma

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Snails are host; cercariae penetrate skin of humans.

Blood flute

Liver and splen granulomas and inflammation –> mansoni

Haematobium –> squamous cell carcinoma

Tx: praziquantel

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Clonorchis sinensis

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Undercooked fish,

biliary tract inflammation -_> pigmented gall stones and cholangiocarcionoma

Praziquantal

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Biliary tract disease/cholangiocarcinoma

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Clonorchis sinensis

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Brain cysts

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Taenia solium

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Hematuria/bladder cancer (SCC)

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S. haematobium

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Liver (hydatid) cyst

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Echinoccous granulosus

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Microcytic anemia

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Ancylostoma, Necator

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Perianal pruitis

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Enterobius vermicularis

22
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Portal HTN

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S. Mansoni or S. japonicum

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B12 Deficiency

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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