Cestodes, Trematodes & Nematodes

Question 0

DOC for E. granulosus

Answer 0

Albendazole

Question 1

DOC for all cestodes except for E. granulosus

Answer 1

Praziquantel

Question 2

Number of uterine branches in T. solium

Answer 2

5-10

Question 3

Number of uterine branches in T. saginata

Answer 3

15-25

Question 4

Pruritus ani

Answer 4

Taenia saginata

Question 5

Neurocysticercosis

Answer 5

Taenia solium

Question 6

Infective stage of D. latum infection

Answer 6

Plerocercoid larvae

Question 7

Causes vitamin B12 deficiency and megaloblastic anemia

Answer 7

D. latum

Question 8

Life threatening rupture can occur with cyst rupture

Answer 8

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 9

Honeycomb vesicles

Answer 9

Echinococcus multiocularis

Question 10

Most common tapeworm is developed countries

Answer 10

Hymenolepsis nana

Question 11

Polar filaments with six-hooked larva

Answer 11

Hymenolepsis nana

Question 12

Intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum

Answer 12

Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi

Question 13

Diagnostic exam unique to S. japonicum

Answer 13

Circumoval precipitin test (ovoid egg with small hook)

Question 14

Systemic hypersensitivity resembling serum sickness

Answer 14

Katayama fever

Question 15

Areas of endemicity for S. japonicum

Answer 15

Sorsogon
Samar
Leyte 
Oriental Mindoro
Bohol
ALL of Mindanao EXCEPT MISAMIS ORIENTAL

Question 16

Mountain crab host of Paragonimus westermani

Answer 16

Sundathelphusa philippina

Question 17

Test for diagnosis of P. westermani

Answer 17

3% NaOH preparation

Question 18

Ring-shadow opacity on chest x-Ray

Answer 18

P. westermani

Question 19

Melon like ridges on potassium permanganate stain

Answer 19

Clonorchis sinensis

Question 20

Organisms with transpulmonary phase (3)

Answer 20

Ascaris lumbricoides
Necator ancylostoma
Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 21

Halzoun

Answer 21

Fasciola hepatica (obstructive jaundice & painful phayngitis)

Question 22

Worm intoxication

Answer 22

Fasciolopsis buski

Question 23

Mimics peptic ulcer disease

Answer 23

Heterophyes heterophyes

Question 24

Most common and largest intestinal nematode

Answer 24

Ascaris lumbricoides

Question 25

Hypersensitivity reaction in Ascaris lumbricoides infection

Answer 25

Loeffler's syndrome

Question 26

DOC Ascaris lumbricoides

Answer 26

Albendazole (greater larvicidal activity than mebendazole)

Question 27

Type of anemia caused by Necator and Ancylostoma infection

Answer 27

Microcytic anemia

Question 28

Chinese lantern shape

Answer 28

Trichuris trichuira

Question 29

Barrel-shaped with bipolar plugs

Answer 29

Trichuris trichuira

Question 30

Serpiginous tracks by Necator and Ancylostoma infection

Answer 30

Cutaneous larva migrans

Question 31

Complication of Trichuris trichuira infection

Answer 31

Rectal prolapse (increased peristalsis to expel worms)

Question 32

Most common soil-transmitted helminth in developed countries

Answer 32

Enterobius vermicularis