parasits: trematodes (flukes) and cestodes (tapeworms)

Question 1

best guess for trematodes and cestodes is _____

Answer 1

praziquantel

Question 2

Trematodes: (fluke)

• clonorchis sinesis (chinese liver fluke)
• Fasciolopsis buski (giant intestinal fluke)
• paragonimus westermani (lung fluke)
• schistosoma hematobium (hematuria)
• schistosoma mansoni (bloody diarrhea

Answer 2

praziquantel

second line for paragonimus westermani: triclabendazole

Question 3

trematode: fasciola hepatica

- sheep liver fluke

Answer 3

bithionol

Question 4

Cestode (tapeworm)

• Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
• taenia solium (pork tapeworm and cysticercosis)

Answer 4

praziquantel

for cysticercosis: may need surgery, steroids and albendazole

Question 5

cestode: diphyllobothrium latum

- fish tapeworm

Answer 5

niclosamide

second line: praziquantel

B12 supplement

Question 6

cestode: echinococcus spp

- hydatid cyst disease

Answer 6

albendazole or mebendazole

surgery