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brain cysts, seizures
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taenia solium (cysticercosis; Tx: albendazole)
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liver cysts
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Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm, hydatid liver, tx: albendazole)
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B12 deficiency
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Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm/cestode, no hooks on scolex, operculated egg, Tx: praziquantel)
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biliary tract dz
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Clonorshi sinensis (trematode, operculated eggs, tx: praziquantel)
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hemoptysis
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Paragonimus westermani (trematode, raw crab meat, secondary bacterial infxn, Tx: praziquantel)
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portal hypertension
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Schistosoma mansoni (trematode, cercariae penetrate skin, lateral spine, tx: praziquantel)
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hematuria, bladder cancer
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Schistosoma haematobium (trematode, cercariae penetrate skin, terminal spine, tx: praziquantel)
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microcytic anemia
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ancylostoma and nectar (hookworms, larvae penetrate skin, tx: mebendazole/pyrantel pamoate)
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perianal pruritus
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Enterobius (nematode, eggs NOT in stool, scotch tape test, tx: mebendazole/pyrantel pamoate)
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which nematodes are treated with diethylcarbamazine
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wucheria bancrofti (elephantiasis); Toxocara canis (blindness, visceral larval migrans); Loa loa (deer fly, worms in conjunctiva)
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which helminths treated by niridazole
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Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm, swallowed crustaceans, skin ulceration to release larvae)
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which helminths treated with praziquantel
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trematodes (schistosomas, Clonorchis sinensis, Paragonimus westermani), praziquantel/niclosamide for Taenia solium (unless cysticercosis--albendazole)
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