Parasitology II

Question 1

hookworm

Answer 1

ancylostoma duodenale
necator americanus

larvae penetrate skin

Question 2

hookworm infection

Answer 2

anemia - sucking blood from intestinal walls

Question 3

tx of hookworm

Answer 3

bendazoles

pyrantel pamoate

Question 4

trichinosis

Answer 4

fever, vomiting, nausea, periorbital edema, myalgia

infection with trichinella spiralis

undercooked pork

Question 5

fever, vomiting, nausea, periorbital edema, myalgia

Answer 5

trichinella spiralis infection

larvae enter blood stream - to striated m
-get inflammation of muscle

Question 6

tx of trichinella spiralis

Answer 6

bendazole

Question 7

black fly bite

Answer 7

onchocerca volvulus

Question 8

hyperpigmented skin, river blindness, black skin nodules

Answer 8

onchocerca volvulus

blackfly bite

Question 9

tx of onchocerca volvulus

Answer 9

ivermectin

Question 10

loa loa

Answer 10

deer, horse, and mango fly

• swelling in skin
• worm in conjunctiva

Question 11

tx loa loa

Answer 11

diethylcarbamazine

Question 12

wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 12

elephantitis

work blocks lymphatics

9mo - 1yr after bite to become symptomatic

Question 13

tx of wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 13

diethylcarbamazine

Question 14

elephantitis with infection

Answer 14

wuchereria bancrofti

Question 15

toxocara canis

Answer 15

fecal oral route
visceral larva migrans

tx bendazoles

Question 16

transmission wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 16

female mosquito

Question 17

ingested nematodes

Answer 17

enterobius
ascaris
toxocara
trichinella

EATT

Question 18

cutaneous nematodes

Answer 18

strongyloides
ancylostoma
necator

into feet from SANd

Question 19

nematodes transmit via bite

Answer 19

loa loa
onchocerca volvulus
wuchereria bancrofti

lay LOW so you don’t get bit

Question 20

cestode

Answer 20

tapeworm

Question 21

nematode

Answer 21

roundworm

Question 22

cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis

Answer 22

taenia solium

ingestion of eggs

Question 23

diphyllobothrium lathum

Answer 23

ingestion of larvae - raw freshwater fish

vit B12 deficiency

Question 24

work with vit B12 deficiency

Answer 24

diphyllobothrium lathum
-mgaloblastic anemia

tapeworm that competes with B12 in intestine

Question 25

tx of diphyllobothrium lathum

Answer 25

praziquantel

Question 26

hydatid cysts in liver - cause anaphylaxis - release Ag

Answer 26

echioncoccus granulosus

Question 27

tx of hydatid cyst

Answer 27

infection - echinococcus granulosus -albendazole

inject with ethanol or hypertonic saline to kill daugther cysts before removal

Question 28

schistosoma haematobium risk

Answer 28

SCC of bladder and pulmonary HTN

Question 29

clonorchis sinensis

Answer 29

undercooked fish

get pigmented gallsones

association with cholangiocarcinoma

Question 30

chloangiocarcinoma

Answer 30

clonorchis sinensis

Question 31

brain cyst and seizures

Answer 31

taenia solium - cysticercosis

Question 32

hematuria, SCC of bladder

Answer 32

schistosoma haematobium

Question 33

liver hydatid cyst

Answer 33

echinococcus granulosus

Question 34

microcytic anemia

Answer 34

ancylostoma, necator

Question 35

myalgia, periorbital edema

Answer 35

trichinella spiralis

Question 36

perianal pruritis

Answer 36

enterobius vermicularis

Question 37

portal HTN

Answer 37

schistosoma mansoni

schistosoma japonicum

Question 38

vit B12 deficiency

Answer 38

diphyllobothrium latum

Question 39

flukes

Answer 39

trematodes

schistosoma
clonorchis sinensis