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19 Cards in this Set
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AKA
ROUNDWORMS TAPEWORMS FLUKES |
ROUND-worms = NEMATODES
TAPE-worms = CESTODES FLUKES = TREMATODES |
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CUTANEOUS ROUTES of INFX
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[SAN LOWS]
Strongyloides stercoralis Ancylostoma duodenale Necator americanus Loa loa Onchocerca volvulus Wuchereria bancrofti Schistosoma |
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NEMATODES
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[NE'M'ATODES]
Necator Enterobius Wuchereria Ascaris & Ancylostoma Trichinella & Toxocara Onchocerca Dracunculus Eyeworm = Loa loa Strongyloides |
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* ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
INTESTINAL NEMATODE -- -- -- aka "PINWORM"
Transmission = Food contaminated w/EGGS → ● INTESTINAL infx ● PERI-ANAL PRURITUS -- ("SCOTCH TAPE test") Treatment: ① -BENDAZOLES or ② PYRANTEL PAMOATE |
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* ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
INTESTINAL NEMATODE -- -- -- aka "giant roundworm"
● EGGS visible in FECES → ● INTESTINAL infx Treatment: ① -BENDAZOLES or ② PYRANTEL PAMOATE |
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TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
INTESTINAL NEMATODE
Transmission = Undercooked MEAT (usu PORK) ● LARVAE ENCYST in MUSCLE → inflammation ● PERIORBITAL EDEMA Treatment = -BENDAZOLES |
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STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
INTESTINAL NEMATODE
Transmission = LARVAE in SOIL penetrate SKIN (cutaneous) ● INTESTINAL infx → N/V/D ● ANEMIA Treatment: ① -BENDAZOLES or ② IVERMECTIN |
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* ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE,
* NECATOR AMERICANUS Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
INTESTINAL NEMATODE -- -- -- aka "HOOKWORMS"
Transmission = LARVAE penetrate SKIN of FEET (cutaneous) ● INTESTINAL infx → N/V/D & ● MICROcytic ANEMIA (sucks bld from intestinal walls) Treatment: ① -BENDAZOLES or ② PYRANTEL PAMOATE |
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DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TISSUE NEMATODE
Transmission = DRINKING WATER ● SKIN INFLAM & ULCERATION Treatment = NIRIDAZOLE |
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ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TISSUE NEMATODE
Transmission = FEMALE BLACKFLIES ● HYPER-PIGMENTED SKIN (Black skin nodules) ● RIVER BLINDNESS ● allergic rxn to MICROFILARIA Treatment = IVERMECTIN |
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LOA LOA
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TISSUE NEMATODE -- -- -- ("Eyeworm")
Transmission = DEER / HORSE / MANGO FLY ● SWELLING in SKIN ● can see worm crawling in CONJUNCTIVA Treatment = DIETHYL-CARBAMAZINE |
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WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TISSUE NEMATODE
Transmission = FEMALE MOSQUITO ● ELEPHANTIASIS = blockage of lymphatic vessels ● takes 9M--1yr AFTER BITE ā Sx onset Treatment = DIETHYL-CARBAMAZINE |
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TOXOCARA CANIS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TISSUE NEMATODE
Transmission = FOOD contaminated w/ EGGS ● GRANULOMAS -- -- if in RETINA → BLINDNESS ● VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS Treatment = DIETHYL-CARBAMAZINE |
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TAENIA SOLIUM
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
CESTODE (tapeworms)
Ingestion of LARVAE ENCYSTED in ① Undercooked PORK → → INTESTINAL tapeworms ② EGGS → → CYSTICERCOSIS + & NEURO-cysticercosis = "SWISS CHEESE" brain CYSTS & SEIZURES Treatment: ● PRAZIQUANTEL ● -BENDAZOLES for neuro-cysticercosis |
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* DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
CESTODE (tapeworms)
Transmission = Ingestion of LARVAE in RAW FRESHWATER FISH ● vit B12 deficiency → MACROCYTIC MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA → hypersegmented PMNs → NEURO Sx d/t Abn MYELIN Treatment = PRAZIQUANTEL |
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ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
CESTODE (tapeworms)
Transmission = Ingested EGGS in DOG FECES ● LIVER CYSTS → if Ag released from cysts → ANAPHYLAXIS ● (surgeons inject ethanol ā removal to kill daughter cysts) Treatment = -BENDAZOLES |
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* SCHISTOSOMA
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TREMATODES (flukes)
Transmission = ● SNAIL hosts ● CERCARIAE penetrate human skin ● GRANULOMAS ● FIBROSIS ● SPLEEN & LIVER inflam (PORTAL HTN) ● Chronic infx w/ S. HAEMATOBIUM → BLADDER SCC (hematuria) Treatment = PRAZIQUANTEL |
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CLONORCHIS SINENSIS
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TREMATODES (flukes)
Transmission = Undercooked FISH ● BILIARY TRACT inflammation → PIGMENTED GALLSTONES ● a/w CHOLANGIO-CARCINOMA Treatment = PRAZIQUANTEL |
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PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI
Classification Transmission / Disease Treatment |
TREMATODES (flukes)
Transmission = Undercooked CRAB MEAT ● LUNG inflammation ● 2° BACTERIAL LUNG INFX → ● HEMOPTYSIS Treatment = PRAZIQUANTEL |
