Parasitology

Question 1

MC extraintestinal amoebiasis

Answer 1

Amoebic liver abscess

Question 2

Flask shaped colon ulcers

Answer 2

Entamoeba histolytica

Question 3

Anchovy sauce like aspirate

Answer 3

Anebic liver abscess

Question 4

Backpackers diarrhea

Answer 4

Giardia lamblia

Question 5

Strawberry cervix

Answer 5

Trichomonas

Question 6

Durck granulomas

Answer 6

Cerebral malaria

Question 7

Septic shock in malaria

Answer 7

Algid malaria

Question 8

Blackwater fever

Answer 8

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 9

Ring enhancing lesions

Answer 9

Toxoplasma gondii

Question 10

Intracranial calcifications

Answer 10

Congenital toxoplasmosis

Question 11

Most frequently and severely affected tissue in chagas disease

Answer 11

Cardiac muscle

Question 12

Enlargement of posterior cervical LN in african trypanosomiasis

Answer 12

Winterbottom sigb

Question 13

Red tide months

Answer 13

May to August

Question 14

Granulomatous amebic encephalitis

Answer 14

Acanthamoeba castellani

Question 15

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Answer 15

Naegleria fowleri

Question 16

Round based, wide necked intestinal ulcer

Answer 16

Balantidium coli

Question 17

Only ciliated protozoa to cause human disease

Answer 17

Balantidium coli

Question 18

Plasma cells with cytoplasmic immunoglobulin globules

Answer 18

Mott cells seen in african trypanosomiasis

Question 19

Honeycomb vesicles

Answer 19

Echinococcus multocida

Question 20

MC tapeworm in developed countries

Answer 20

Hymenolepis nana

Question 21

Katayama fever

Answer 21

Schistosoma japonicum

Question 22

Swimmers itch

Answer 22

Schistosoma japonicum

Question 23

Ring shadow opacity in CXR

Answer 23

Paragonimiasis

Question 24

Melon-like ridges in potassium permanganate stain

Answer 24

Clonorchis sinensis

Question 25

Klatskins tumor

Answer 25

Clonorchis sinensis

Question 26

Obstructive jaundice and painful pharyngitis caused by fasciola hepatica

Answer 26

Halzoun

Question 27

Mimics peptic ulcer disease

Answer 27

Heterophyes heterophyes

Question 28

Lung migration phase nematodes

Answer 28

Ascaris lumbricoides, strongyloides stercoralis, hookworms

Question 29

MC nematode

Answer 29

Ascaris lumbricoides

Question 30

Cutaneous larva migrans

Answer 30

Hookworms

Question 31

MC sexually transmitted helminth in developed countries

Answer 31

Enterobius vermicularis

Question 32

Rectal prolapse

Answer 32

Trichutis trichiura

Question 33

Barrel shaped with bipolar plugs

Answer 33

Trichuris trichiura

Question 34

Harada mori culture

Answer 34

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 35

Only nematode whose life cycle involves a migratory bird

Answer 35

Capillaria philippinensis

Question 36

Peanut shaped eggs with flattened bipolar plugs

Answer 36

Capillaria philippinensis

Question 37

Most debilitating nematode infection

Answer 37

Wuchereria

Question 38

Nematode causing protein losing enteropathy

Answer 38

Capillaria philippinensis

Question 39

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

Answer 39

Wuchereria

Question 40

Meyers kouvrnaar bodies

Answer 40

Wuchereria

Question 41

Nurse cells

Answer 41

Trchinella spiralis

Question 42

MCC parasitic meningitis

Answer 42

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Question 43

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis

Answer 43

Anisakos simplex

Question 44

Ocular larva migrans

Answer 44

Toxocara canis

Question 45

Visceral larva migrans

Answer 45

Toxocara canis

Question 46

Hanging groin

Answer 46

Onchocerca volvulus

Question 47

Calabar swellings

Answer 47

Loa loa

Question 48

River blindness

Answer 48

Onchocerca volvulus

Question 49

Lizard skin

Answer 49

Onchocerca volvulus

Question 50

Most invasive parasite among entamoeba

Answer 50

Entamoeba histolytica