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what extraintestinal organs does the Cysticercosis infect? (from taenia solium?
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eye
muscle skin heart brain (neurocysticercosis) |
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what are the CSF findings in cysticercosis?
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1. elevated protein
2. low glucose 3. lymphocytic pleocytosis 4. occasional eosinophils |
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compare the heads and lateral segments of the two taenia:
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1. T. saginata: no hooks, 4 suckers, 15+ lateral segments
2. T. solium: 2 hook rows, 4 sucker disks, less than 13 lateral segments |
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What is the treatment of taenia?
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1.niclosamide (against adult)
2.praziquantel (against the adult and juvenile forms) 3.praziquantel or albendazole (for neurocysticercosis) |
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What causes diphyllobothrium latum infection?
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ingestion of undercooked/raw FRESHWATER FISH
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what are the symptoms/signs of diphyllobothrium latum?
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1. B12 exhaustion
2. megaloblastic anemia 3. abdo pain 4. weight loss 5. diarrhea 6. intestinal obstruction |
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What is diagnosis for diphyllobothrium latum?
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eggs in stool
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what is treatment and prevention of diphyllbothrium latum?
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1. niclosamide or praziquantel
2. avoid eating raw freshwater fish/disposal of feces |
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what is hymenolepis nana and its intermediate host?
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dwarf tapeworm (doesn't have intermediate host?
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What is hydatid disease caused by?
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when echinococcus granulosus gets in people via ova. Normally it is a dog worm and when dogs clean babies face and anus it can be transmitted (in Turkana)
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control of hydatid disease?
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deworm dogs (praziguantel)
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what are the clinical features of hyatid disease?
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-large mass that mimics abscess, can rupture or leak and have hypersensitity/anaphylatic reaction
-rupture in liver-->obstructive jaundice, pneumothorax,coughing up cyst fluid full of scolices |
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Treatment of hyatid disease:
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-percutaneous aspiration and injection of hypertonic saline
-surgical removal -albendazol ± praziquantelc |
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What is E. multilocullaris?
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cyst spread by foxes which can progress like a malignant tumor
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