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pinworm
Itchy butt oral intake of infective eggs larvae hatch in intestine migrate to rectum Use scotch tape prep to rid of |
Enterobius vermicularis
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Most common soil transmitted
largest intestinal round worm eggs ingested and hatch in gut Eggs shed and become infective in soil peachy tan color when passed in stool |
Ascaris lumbricoides
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Whip worm
ingested eggs hatch and larvae live in colon Adults live in appendix and colon (10 years) "coconut cake" rectal prolapse Eggs have bipolar plugs |
Tichuris tricura
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penetrate skin of bare foot
coughed up and swallowed mature in duodenum eggs passed in feces thin shelled eggs Causes anemia, weakness, fatigue and growth retardation |
Hookworms
Nectar americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale |
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Threadworm
penetrate skin of human only females cause infection Loeffer's syndrome and eosinophilia Larvae are short buccal capsule and large genital primordium thin walled unembroyonated eggs |
Strongyloides stercoralis
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Larvae encapsulated in infected animal muscle
larvae penetrate gut wall to reach blood vessels Spread to skeletal muscles man is last host use serological testing Causes muscle pain |
Trichenella spiralis
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abdominal pain and microcytic anemia
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Ancylostoma duodenale
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Charcoladen crystals may be seen in stool preps. They are the breakdown of____.
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eosinophils
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Dwarf tapeworm disease
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Hymenolepsis nana
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These two infections were found by stool exam of a child who had a history of eating dirt:
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Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichura
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The examination of stool is no help in the detection of:
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Echinococcus granulosis
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The most common helminth infection in the US:
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Enterobius vermicularis
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cause pneumonia
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Nectar americanus
Ascaris lumbricoides Strongyloides stercoralis |
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An immunocompromised patient is suceptible to autoinfection with which nematode?
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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