Helminth Woms

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agent of pinworms

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enterobius vermicularis

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the symptoms of this disease are associated with migration and egg deposition of female worms on the perneum

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enterobius vermicularis - pinworm

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anal pruritis and irritability are common symtoms among children who have

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enterobiasis (pinworm infection)

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The Scotch Tape prep is used to diagnose

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Enterobiasis (pinworm infection)

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how is enterobius vermicularis transmitted

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infection follows ingestion of embyonated eggs

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pyrantel pamoate is an over the counter drug used against

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helminth or worm infections

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mebendazole and albendazole

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antihelminth drugs

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ascariasis

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roundworm infection

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enterobiasis

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pinworm infection

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the giant roundworm of man

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ascaris lumbricoides

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how is ascariasis diagnosed

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from a stool sample - eggs can be found within the stool - eggs are the infective stage

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the females are bigger than the males and they can migrate to several other organs in the body and cause symptoms

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ascaris lumbricoides: giant roundworm

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the larvae undergo a period of development in the lungs and can cause pneumonia and even be coughed up and re-swallowed

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ascaris lumbricoides: giant roundworm

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agents of hookworm infections

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Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus

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how are hookworms transmitted

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infective larvae penetrate the exposed skin, usually the foot

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these worms feed on erythrocytes and can lead to hypochromic microcytic anemia

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Hookworms: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus

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typically in worm infections the eggs the infectious stage, however in this disease the larvae are infectious

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Necatoriasis : hookworm

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Trichuriasis

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whipworm

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trichuris trichiura

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causative agent of whipworm infection

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these worms infect the large intestine can be founded threaded or sewn into the mucosa of the cecum and appendix

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whipworms: trichuris trichiura

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this disease can be acquired by ingesting raw or insufficently cooked meat, mainly pork, containing encysted larvae

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trichinosis

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causative agent of trichinosis

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trichinella spiralis

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larvae enter the bloodstream and are carried to all parts of the body and encyst in striated muscle

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trichinosis

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eosinophilia commonly occurs due to

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allergic reactions or some type of parasitic infection

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the symptoms of this worm disease are muscle muscle pain, weakness, fever, and eosinophila

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trichinosis

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this disease can be acquired by ingesting raw or insufficently cooked meat, mainly pork, containing encysted larvae

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trichinosis

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causative agent of trichinosis

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trichinella spiralis

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larvae enter the bloodstream and are carried to all parts of the body and encyst in striated muscle

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trichinosis

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eosinophilia commonly occurs due to

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allergic reactions or some type of parasitic infection

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the symptoms of this worm disease are muscle muscle pain, weakness, fever, and eosinophila

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trichinosis

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the only human nematode infection in which larvae rather than the eggs are passed in the feces

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strongyloides

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may persist for many years due to autoinfection by larvae which transform to he filariform stage

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strongyloidiasis

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Toxocara canis and toxocara cati

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agents of visceral larva migrans: dog and cat roundworms

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Ancylostoma caninum and ancylostoma brasiliense

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cutaneous larva migrans: dog and cat hookworms

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larvae of dog and cat hookworms cause a dermitis in man called "creeping eruption"

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cutaneous larva migrans (ancylostoma caninum, ancylostoma brasiliense)

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the only human nematode infection in which larvae rather than the eggs are passed in the feces

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strongyloides

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may persist for many years due to autoinfection by larvae which transform to he filariform stage

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strongyloidiasis

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Toxocara canis and toxocara cati

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agents of visceral larva migrans: dog and cat roundworms

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Ancylostoma caninum and ancylostoma brasiliense

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cutaneous larva migrans: dog and cat hookworms

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larvae of dog and cat hookworms cause a dermitis in man called "creeping eruption"

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cutaneous larva migrans (ancylostoma caninum, ancylostoma brasiliense)

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cestoda

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intestinal tapeworms

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neurocysticerosis is associated with what species of tapeworm

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Taenia solium -> pork tapeworm infection

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taeniasis is to adult tapeworms in the intestine as cysticercosis is to...

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larval tapeworms in the tissues

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Taenia saginata

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beef tapeworm infection

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echinococcus granulosus

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hydatid disease - larvae becomes encysted in various organs

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the symptoms of this disease depend upon the location of cysts, also the release of fluid from the cysts into the surrounding tissues may caue anaphylaxis

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Hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus

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filariasis is the causative agent of

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elephantiasis

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Wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi are agents of Filariasis which are nematode infections that reside in

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lymphatics

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man is infected with Wuchereria (Filariasis) through

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the bite of a female mosquito harbouring larvae

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flukes

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trematodes

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a blood fluke disease in which flukes live in the veins of humans

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schistosomiasis

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Eggs are diagnostic they have lateral spines, snails are a critical part of their life cycle

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Schistosomas

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liver fluke disease commonly seen in vietnam veterans

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clonorchiasis

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a trematode disease of the bile ducts, can result in cirrhosis of the liver and carcinoma of the biliary tract

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Clonorchiasis

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cholangiocarcinoma associated with

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Clonorchis sinensis

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Paragonimiasis

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lung fluke disease

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Infection of this fluke occurs following ingestion of raw or rare flesh of crabs or crayfish containing mature larvae (metacercaria)

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Paragonimus westermani