Helminths

Question 1

roundworm

Answer 1

nematod

Question 2

flatworm

Answer 2

platyhelminths

Question 3

helminth response

Answer 3

to dead worm and eggs

-eosinophilia

Question 4

ascaris lumbricoides

Answer 4

southern US and tropics
-consume food with eggs
-mild/asymptomatic
-cramping
-bile ducts, gallbladder, appendix/liver
-malnutrition
-

Question 5

hookworm

Answer 5

necatur americanus

Question 6

necatur americanus

Answer 6

walk shoeless- get into foot

diarrhea, abdomen pain, weight loss

Question 7

itchy rash on foot, diarrhea, abdomen pain, weight loss, iron deficient anemia

Answer 7

necatur americanus

hookworm

Question 8

ancylostoma duodenale

Answer 8

same as necatur americanus

-but intestine to lung transmission

Question 9

vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, anemia, weight loss, rash, coughing and wheezing

Answer 9

strongyloides stercolis

Question 10

enterotest

Answer 10

swallow string and cough up

-strongyloides stercolis

Question 11

autoinfection with strongyloides stercolis

Answer 11

penetrate intestine directly

Question 12

direct cycle with strongyloides stercolis

Answer 12

larvae to feces

-next person to lungs

Question 13

indirecy cycle with strongyloides stercolis

Answer 13

larvae to feces

• mate in soil
• eggs to next person

Question 14

trichinella spiralis

Answer 14

raw pork

Question 15

larvae encysted in skeletal muscle

Answer 15

trichinella spiralis

Question 16

fever, muscle aches, increased CPK

Answer 16

trichinella spiralis

Question 17

whipworm

Answer 17

trichuris trichuria

Question 18

eggs in feces that look like footballs with bumps on ends

Answer 18

whipworm
-trichuris trichuria

abdomen pain, diarrhea

no rise in eosinophilia

Question 19

pinworm

Answer 19

enterobius vermicularis

Question 20

enterobius vermicularis

Answer 20

pinworm

-itchy bum

Question 21

black flies

Answer 21

onchocerca volvulus

Question 22

onchocercal volvulus

Answer 22

africa and S/C america

• dark pigment rash itchy
• intraepithelial granulomas
• lizard skin
• river blindless

Question 23

dark pigment, rash itchy, intraepithelial granulomas, lizard skin, river blindness

Answer 23

onchocercal volvulus

africa and S/C america

Question 24

elephantitis

Answer 24

wuchereria bancrofti
brugia malayi

lymph infection - gets blocked (fibrosis)

• swelling
• get thick scaly skin

Question 25

wuchereria bancrofti

Answer 25

elephantitis

Question 26

brugia malayi

Answer 26

elephantitis

Question 27

elephantitis in pacific islands and africa

Answer 27

wuchereria bancrofti

Question 28

elephantitis in malay peninsula and SE asia

Answer 28

brugia malayi

Question 29

guinea worm

Answer 29

dranunculus medinensis -nausea, vomiting, breathlessness in africa remove - twisty stick

Question 30

creeping eruption

Answer 30

with cutaneous larval migrans - southeast US - hookworm infection allergy to migrating larvae

Question 31

flukes

Answer 31

trematodes

Question 32

tapeworm

Answer 32

cestodes | -hermaphrodite

Question 33

blood flukes

Answer 33

schistosoma

Question 34

schistosoma

Answer 34

blood fluke - snail - penetrate skin > to liver > eggs to intestine and bladder

Question 35

syndromes with schistosoma

Answer 35

dermatitis - swikkers kin katayma fever chronic fibrosis - veins around bladder/intestine

Question 36

swimmers itch, fever, hives, weight loss, cough, portal HTN, pulmonary a. HTN, diarrhea, brain SC injury, hematuria, diarrhea, eosinophilia

Answer 36

shistosoma

Question 37

katayma fever

Answer 37

with schistosoma | -fever, hives, weight loss, cough

Question 38

tapeworms

Answer 38

cestodes - hermaphrodites - proglottids

Question 39

scolex

Answer 39

mouth of tapeworm

Question 40

taenia solium

Answer 40

pork tapeworm

Question 41

cysticercosis

Answer 41

ingest eggs of taenia solium | -to brain/skeletal m. - form cysts

Question 42

number one cause of seizures in C/S america, phillipines, SE asia

Answer 42

taenia solium | -pork tapeworm

Question 43

calcified cystercerci on CAT scan in brain and muscles proglottids in feces eosinophilia

Answer 43

taenia solium

Question 44

beef tapeworm

Answer 44

taenia saginata - no cysticerci - relatively benign

Question 45

taenia saginata

Answer 45

beef tapeworm

Question 46

diphyllobathrium latum

Answer 46

fish tapeworm - Vit B12 deficiency - anemia

Question 47

vit B12 deficiency and anemia

Answer 47

fish tapeworm | -diphyllobathrium latum

Question 48

dwarf tapeworm

Answer 48

hymenolepsis nana | -abdomen discomfort, nausea and vomiting

Question 49

hymenolepsis nana

Answer 49

dwarf tapeworm | -abdomen discomfort, nause and vomiting

Question 50

hydatid disease

Answer 50

echinococcus granulosus and multilocularis extra-intestinal tapeworm disease cyst larvae - hydatids - in liver, lung, kidney, brain allergic rxn severe if cyst burst

Question 51

fluid in cyst causes severe allergic reaction

Answer 51

hydatid disease

Question 52

echinococcus granulosus

Answer 52

hydatid disease

Question 53

multilocularis

Answer 53

hydatid disease