parasitology Flashcards
1
Q
Describe the MOA of chloroquine . . used for malaria
A
-blocks plasmodium heme polymerase
2
Q
What clinical finding is characteristic of acute stage of typanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas disease)
A
unilateral periorbital swelling
3
Q
Treatment of Chagas disease
A
- Benznidazole
- or nifurtimox
4
Q
Treatment for Leishmaniasis
A
- Amphotericin B
- Sodium stibogluconate
5
Q
What parasitic organism causes microcytic anemia?
A
- Ancylostoma
- Necator
6
Q
Describe Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei)
A
- Mites that burrow into the stratum corneum and cause pruritis
- Causes serpiginous burrows (lines) in webspace of hands and feet
7
Q
Treatment of Scabes
A
- Permethrin cream
- Washing/drying all clothing/bedding
- Treat close contacts
8
Q
Treatment for lice
A
- Pyrethroids
- Malathion
- ivermectin lotion
- nit combing
- Children wit head lice can be treated at home without interrupting school
