Tissue Nematodes-The Retunr Of Flesh Eaters

Question 1

What are the members of the Tissue Nematodes

Answer 1

Dracunculus medinesis
Onchocerca volvulus
Wucheria Bancrofti
toxicara canis
Loa Loa

Question 2

How is Dracunculus medinesis transmitted

Answer 2

Drinking contaminated water that contains copepods (small crustaceans) that contain the larvae

Question 3

How is Dracunculus medinesis diagnosed

Answer 3

The presence of little worms that are coming out of the skin

Question 4

How is Dracunculus medinesis treated

Answer 4

Slowly pulled out with a stick, or with metroconazole

Question 5

What cells will be present in infections with Dracunculus medinesis

Answer 5

Peripheral eosinophilial

Question 6

What is the method of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 6

Black fly bite

Question 7

What is the clinical presentation of Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 7

Larvae burrow into skin, causing microfilarial that make hyper and hypopigmented spots

Question 8

What is the result of Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 8

Can cause blindness if it floats to the eye

Question 9

What cells are present in an infection with Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 9

Eosinophilia

Question 10

What will infection with Onchocerca volvulus look like under the microscope

Answer 10

Microfilaria on a skin biopsy

Question 11

What is the treatment for Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 11

Ivermectin

Question 12

What is the clinical presentation of Wucheria Bancrofti

Answer 12

Elephatitis and lymphadenopathy

Question 13

What is the mechanism of pathogenesis for Wucheria Bancrofti

Answer 13

Travels to the lungs, leading to a hypersensitivity reaction and coughing

Question 14

What is the vector for Wucheria Bancrofti

Answer 14

Mosquito

Question 15

What is the treatment for Wucheria Bancrofti

Answer 15

Diethylcarbamazine

Question 16

How is toxicara canis transmitted

Answer 16

Dog or cat feces

Question 17

What is the life cycle of toxicara canis

Answer 17

Parasitic larvae never matures

Question 18

What is a complication as a result of infection with toxicara canis

Answer 18

Blindness if gets to the eyes

Question 19

What is the treatment for toxicara canis

Answer 19

Abendazole

Question 20

What is the clinal presentation of Loa Loa

Answer 20

Transient anemia

• calivar swellings, aka localized cutaneous swelling
• Worm wiggling on the eye (African eye worm)

Question 21

How is Loa Loa diagnoses

Answer 21

Blood smear

Question 22

How is Toxocari canis diagnosed

Answer 22

Thick blood smear

Question 23

Wht is the treatment of Loa Loa

Answer 23

Albendazole

Diethylcarbamazine