Walden3 Flashcards
Hymenolepiasis
Small tape worms
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Most common tape worm?
H. Nana
Hymenolepiasis
Hymenolepiasis
Infxn route
Eggs are infective. Also from flea or beetle if consumes contaminated grains
Hymenolepiasis
Tx
Praziquantel
Dog tapeworm
Transmission
Via fleas
Dog tapeworm
Sx
Intching around anus
Hymenolepiasis
Description
Proglottids in stool look like cucumber seeds
Echinococcosis
Types
Granulosus: cystic
Multilocularis: alveolar
Echinococcus granulosus
Where is encountered?
Where dogs are used to herd sheep
Sheep-dogs-humans
Dogs eat viscera containing hydatid cysts
Humans get by eating food with dog feces
Go to liver and lungs
Echinococcus granulosus
Distribution
Middle East, New Zealand, Latin armerica
Echinococcus multilocularis
Cycle type
Canine-rodent cycle
Man gets from vegetables and fruit with eggs from feces of dog/fox
Echinococcus multilocularis
Distribution
Russia, japan, china, canada, Alaska, Minnesota
Echinococcus
Sx
Space occupying lesion
US, MRI, CT
Cyst in liver
Echinococcus
Tx
Surgery (don’t rupture cysts)
Albendazole or praziquantel
Lung fluke (paragonimiasis)
Get it from
Raw or inadequately cooked fresh water crabs and crayfish