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Naegleria folweri |
in lakes & streams primary amoeba type sudden, fatal Rx: amphoB |
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angiostrongylus canadensis |
from rat snails & slugs eosinophilia causes meningoencephalitis |
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baylisascariasis procyonis |
spread by raccoon, round worm meningoencephalitis Rx: albendazole w poor Px |
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gnathostomisasis |
mainly is SE asia larvae invade skin, visceral, neuroal, & ocular tissue cutaneous swelling & eosinophillic meningitis |
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onchocerciasis river blindness |
black flies common cause of blindness microflaria go subcutaneous Rx: ivermectin |
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neurocystecircosis |
pork tapeworm
commonly causes epilepsy in 3rd world DX: CT with cysterci Rx: Albendazole + Steroids |
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strongyloides |
domestic pets, filiform larvae ASx |
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trypanosomiasis sleeping sickness |
tsetse fly east africa: fever, LAD, rash, myalgia W africa: milder, fever, malaise, weight loss, hallucinations, posterior lymphadenopathy Dx: trypanosomes in blood/csf/lymph Rx: pentamadien or enfluorinthine (if in CNS) |
