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12 Cards in this Set
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Schistosoma spp.
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Acute: itchiness at site of infection, Katayama fever (fever, chills, lymphadenopathy)
Chronic: peripheral fibrosis and consequences, portal hypertension, intestinal polyps, bladder inflammation, hematuria, carcinoma |
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Taenia solium
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Intestinal infection: asymptomatic, malnutrition, abdominal discomfort
Tissue infection: cysticerosis (neurologic deficits, blindness |
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Taenia saginata
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Asymptomatic
Malnutrition, abdominal discomfort |
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Echinococcus granulosus
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Hydatid cyst disease, in liver, lung, or brain
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Asymptomatic
Ascaris pneumonia Malnutrition, abdominal cramping |
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Enterobius vermicularis
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Perianal itchiness
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Trichinella spiralis
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Asymptomatic
Gastroenteritis Myocarditis, Enchephalitis, Myositis |
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Asymptomatic
Pneumonia Gastroenteritis Diffuse autoinfection (in immunodeficient patients) |
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Necator americanus
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Gastroenteritis
Pneumonia Anemia |
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Ancylostoma duodenale
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Gastroenteritis
Pneumonia Anemia |
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Skin nodules, thick hyperpigmented pruritic rash
Blindness |
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Wuchereria bancrofti
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Fever, edema, and scaly skin of legs and genitalia
Swollen inguinal nodes |
