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TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND CONTROL Flashcards

1
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Treatment for Entamoeba histolytica & Giardia lamblia

A

Metronidazole / Tinidazole

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Preventive measure of Entamoeba histolytica & Giardia lamblia & Cryptosporidium parvum

*clue is the MOT

  1. Personal hygiene and sanitation measures
  2. Elimination of _____ that may involve fecal-oral contact
  3. Adequate ___ treatment
  4. Awareness of environmental sources of infection
A
  1. Elimination of SEXUAL ACTIVITIES that may involve fecal-oral contact
  2. Adequate WATER treatment
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Treatment for Cryptosporidium parvum

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Nitazoxanide

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Treatment for Trichomonas vaginalis

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Metronidazole / Tinidazole

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Preventive measure of Trichomonas vaginalis

  1. Awareness of _____ transmission
  2. _____ of all partners when infection is diagnosed in an individual patient.
A
  1. sexual
  2. treatment
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Treatment for Naegleria fowleri

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Amphotericin B

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Preventive measure of Naegleria fowleri
*clue is the MOT

Avoidance of contaminated environmental ___ and ____ sources

A

WATER AND SOIL

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Treatment for Leishmania spp.

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Sodium stibogluconate,
Meglumine antimoniate

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Preventive measure of Leishmania spp.
*clue is the MOT

  1. ____ control
  2. Careful handling of all clinical specimens from infected patients
A

VECTOR CONTROL

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Treatment for T. brucei rhodesiense

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Pentamidine

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Treatment for T. brucei gambiense

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Suramin

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Treatment for Trypanosoma cruzi

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Nifurtimox, Benznidazole

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Preventive measure of Trypanosoma spp.
*clue is the MOT

1.Vector control
2. Awareness of ______ (blood transfusion, shared needles, organ transplants)

A

potential exposure

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Treatment for Plasmodium falciparum

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Artemisinin (artemether),
Quinine, Mefloquine

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15
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Treatment for Plasmodium vivax

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Chloroquine, Primaquine

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Preventive measure of Plasmodium spp. & Babesia spp.
*clue is the MOT

  1. Vector control
  2. Awareness of transmission through blood transfusion, shared drug needles, congenital infections, and organ transplants.
  3. Malaria _____ if traveling to endemic areas.
A

Malaria PROPHYLAXIS

17
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Treatment for Babesia spp.

A

Clindamycin plus quinine
Atovaquone plus azithromycin

18
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Treatment for Intestinal nematodes

A

Mebendazole / Albandazole
Pyrantel pamoate

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Preventive measure of Intestinal nematodes
*clue is the MOT

  1. Awareness of environmental _____
  2. Avoiding frequenting possibly _____
A
  1. source of infection
  2. contaminated soil
20
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Treatment for Filariae

A

Diethylcarbamazine
Ivermectin (for O. volvulus)

21
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Preventive measure of Filariae

A

Vector control
Chemoprophylaxis

22
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Treatment for Schistosoma spp.

A

Praziquantel

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Preventive measure of Schistosoma spp.
*clue is the MOT

  1. Avoiding potentially contaminated water sources
  2. Proper disposal of human excreta and ____
  3. Eradication of snails by using _____ e.g.
    metal salts (iron or aluminum sulfate), metaldehyde, methiocarb and acetylcholine esterase inhibitors
A
  1. urine
  2. molluscicides
24
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Treatment for Lung, liver, and intestinal
trematodes

A

Praziquantel
Triclabendazole (for F. hepatica)

25
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Preventive measure of Lung, liver, and intestinal trematodes
*clue is the MOT

  1. Avoiding eating _____ water plants and
  2. thorough cooking of potentially infected ____, _____, or _____that may contain encysted larval forms
  3. Adequate waste disposal of farm animal _____
A
  1. raw
  2. fish, crabs, or crayfish
  3. feces
26
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Treatment for Intestinal cestodes

A

Praziquantel
Niclosamide

27
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Preventive measure of Intestinal cestodes
*clue is the MOT

  1. Adequate _____, _____, or _____ of pork, beef, or fish
  2. Effective ______ to prevent infection to cattle and pigs
A
  1. cooking, salting or deep freezing
  2. fecal disposal
28
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Treatment for Tissue cestodes
(Cysticercosis)

A

Albendazole, Praziquantel
Surgical removal

29
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Preventive measure of Tissue cestodes
(Cysticercosis)
*clue is the MOT

  1. Personal _____ to prevent autoinfection with eggs
  2. Effective _____ to prevent contamination of food and water with eggs
  3. Treatment of patients harboring adult tapeworms to avoid accidental ingestion of eggs
A
  1. personal HYGIENE
  2. fecal disposal
30
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Treatment for Tissue cestodes
(Sparganosis)

A

Praziquantel
Surgical removal

31
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Preventive measure of Tissue cestodes
(Sparganosis)
*clue is the MOT

_____ and _____ of drinking water, and eating adequately cooked flesh of potentially infected hosts

A

filtering and boiling

32
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Treatment for Echinococcus spp.
(Hydatid cyst)

A

Scolicidal agents - Ethanol Cetrimide Hypertonic saline

Surgical removal / PAIR
Albendazole

33
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PAIR Albendazole means

A

Puncture
Aspiration of hydatid cyst fluid
Injection w/ sporicidal agent
Reaspiration

34
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Preventive measure of Echinococcus spp.
(Hydatid cyst)
*clue is the MOT

  1. Administering praziquantel to infected ____
  2. Personal ____ to reduce contamination of food and water with dog’s feces
A
  1. dogs
  2. hygiene
35
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The following is an example of what vector control:

  • Proper disposal of sewage, garbage, and manure
  • Elimination of stagnant water
  • Use of door and window screens and mosquito nets
A

Physical Control

36
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Examples of PHYSICAL Vector Control

A
  1. Proper disposal of sewage, garbage, and manure
  2. Elimination of stagnant water
  3. Use of door and window screen and mosquito nets
37
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The following is an example of what vector control:

  • Use of insecticides like dichlorophenyltrichloroethane (DDT), Pyrethrum, and arsenical compounds
  • Use of mosquito repellants
  • Use of larvicidal chemicals
A

CHEMICAL CONTROL

38
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Examples of CHEMICAL Vector Control

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  1. use of INSECTICIDES
  2. use of MOSQUITO repellants
  3. use of LARVICIDAL chemicals
39
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The following is an example of what vector control:

  • Use of specific microorganisms which are pathogenic to various morphological forms of arthropods
  • use of larvivorous fish
A

Biological control

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