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23 Cards in this Set
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Taenia solium
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- cestode (tapeworm)
- undercooked pork - mass lesions in the brain, cysticercosis - PRAZIQUANTEL / NICLOSAMIDE - ALBENDAZOLE for cysticercosis |
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Echinococcus granulosus
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- cestode (tapeworm)
- eggs in dog feces - cysts in liver - anaphylaxis if antigens released from cysts - ALBENDAZOLE |
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Schistosoma
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- trematode (fluke)
- snails are host - cercariae penetrate skin of humans, cause granuloma, fibrosis, inflammation of spleen and liver - PRAZIQUANTEL |
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Clonorchis sinensis
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- trematode (fluke)
- undercooked fish - inflammation of biliary tract - PRAZIQUANTEL |
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Paragonimus westermani
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- trematode (fluke)
- undercooked crab meat - inflammation and 2o bacterial infection of lung - PRAZIQUANTEL |
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Ancylostoma duodenale
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- "hookworm"
- larvae penetrate skin of feet - intestinal infection can cause anemia - MEBENDAZOL / PYRANTEL PAMOATE |
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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- nematode (roundworm)
- eggs visible in feces - intestinal infection - MEBENDAZOLE / PYRANTEL PAMOATE |
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Enterobius vermicularis
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- "pinworm"
- food contaminated with eggs - intestinal infection and anal pruritis - MEBENDAZOLE / PYRANTEL PAMOATE |
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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- nematode (roundworm)
- larvae in soil penetrate skin - intestinal infection - IVERMECTIN / THIABENDAZOLE |
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Trichinella spiralis
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- nematode (roundworm)
- undercooked pork - inflammation of muscle, periorbital edema - THIABENDAZOLE |
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Dracunculus medinensis
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- nematode (roundworm)
- in drinking water - skin inflammation and ulceration - NIRIDAZOLE |
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Loa loa
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- nematode (roundworm)
- transmitted by deer fly - causes swelling in skin, can see worm crawling in conjunctiva - DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE |
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Onchocerca vulvulus
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- nematode (roundworm)
- transmitted by black flies - river blindness - IVERMECTIN |
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Toxocara canis
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- nematodes (roundworms)
- food contaminated with eggs - causes granulomas and visceral larva migrans (blindness if in retina) - DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE |
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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- nematode (roundworm)
- female mosquito - blockage of lymphatic vessels, elephantiasis - DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE |
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brain cysts, seizures
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Taenia solium
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liver cysts
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Echinococcus granulosus
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B12 deficiency
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Diphyllobothrium latum
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biliary tract disease
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Clonorchis sinensis
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hemoptysis
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Paragonimus westermani
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portal hypertension
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Schistosoma mansoni
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hematuria, bladder cancer
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Schistosoma hematorium
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microcytic anemia
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Ancylostoma, Necator Enterobius
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