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what is the tissue response

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eosinophilia

  • IgE, mast cells
  • eosinophils chemotactic factors
  • IL-4 and IL-5
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most important fatal helminth disease in humans

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schistosomiasis

  • S. mansoni: latin america, Africa, Middle east
  • S. japonicum: Asia
  • S. haematobium: Africa
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death usually results from what for schistosomiasis

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hepatic granulomas and fibrosis

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special difference with S. haematobium

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hematuria and obstruction of bladder

-predisposes to squamous cell carcinoma of bladder

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Life cycle of schistosomiasis

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  • sporocytes in fresh water snails
  • ceraria infect humans by penetrating through skin
  • migrate in peripheral vasculature to portal and pelvic venous system where they develop into adult worms
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what is reaction of body to egg formation?

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granulomas and fibrosis

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where do eggs shed for schistosomiasis?

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shed in feces

-complete life cycle when hatch in water

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pathogenesis of schistosomiasis

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hepatic damage is due to toxic products and cell-mediated immunity

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induction of what factors cause induction of IgE

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IL-3, 4,5

  • induction of IgE synthesis, mastocytosis, and eosinophils
  • resistance to reinfection-> IgE levels
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what do eggs from schistosomiasis induce?

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lymphocytes to secrete fibrogenic factors with fibroblast proliferation and portal fibrosis

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hallmark of schistosomiasis

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hepatic fibrosis out of proportion to the parasite injury

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schistosomiasis granuloma

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  • calcified pinhead granulomas form around the egg

- include macrophages, lymphocytes, neutrophils and eosinophils

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how do these granulomas cause portal hypertension?

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pipestem portal fibrosis results in portal hypertension, splenomegaly, esophageal varices and ascites

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which schistosomiasis associated with bladder cancer

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S. Haematobium

-squamous cell carcinoma of bladder

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Liver flukes

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Clonorchis siensis

  • infected by eating improperly cooked fish
  • live in biliary ducts
  • usually asymptomatic
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what can liver flukes result in

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biliary hyperplasia, fibrosis, portal cirrhosis

-chronic infection-> cholangitis, cholelithiasis, pancreatitis, cholangiocarcinoma

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tapeworms

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Taenia saginata-> beef tape worm

taenia solium-> pork tapeworm

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Taenia saginata

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ingestion of undercooked beef

-NO cysticercosus (but does cause it in pig)

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taenia solium

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ingestion of undercooked pork with encysted cysticerci

-attach to intestinal wall with scolices, proglottids with eggs shed in feces

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cysticercosus

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T. solium eggs ingested-> larvae hatch-> penetrate gut wall

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how to T. solium cysts get into CNS?

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hematogenous dissemination

-convulsions, increased intracranial pressure, mental disturbances

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what kind of cyst cause a host reaction in T. solium cysticercosus

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degeneration cysts result in local inflammation and focal scarring, calcifications

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Echinococcus

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E. granulosus

E. multilocularis

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E. granulosus

E. multilocularis

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canine tapeworms

  • ingestion of eggs from infected animals
  • asymptomatic and chronic
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E. granulosus
southwest US - hydatid cysts may result in an anaphylactic reaction if the cysts ruptures - DO NOT spill contents of cysts
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E. multilocularis
northern US and Canada | -liver disease, usually fatal
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where do Echinococcus cysts most commonly found?
hydatid cysts most commonly in liver and lungs
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Enterobius vermicularis
pinworms - most common in US - worm of intestine - spread by oral ingestion of eggs extruded from anus - anal puritis - lifespan: 2 months
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Trichuris trichiura
whipworms - common in tropics - warm, moist areas of southern US - symptoms depend on wormload, local hyperemia, lesions of colonic mucosa - NOT invasive
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Necator Americans/Ancylostoma duodenale
hookworms - attach to upper levels of small intestine - transmitted by infectious larvae, not eggs - larvae penetrate between toes - dissemination follows a route similar to ascaris
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dissemination of ascaris, hookworms, and stronglyoides
ingestions of eggs-> bloodstream-> lungs-> invasion by filariform larvae-> esophagus-> adult forms reside in intestines
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hookworm pathology
small, itchy papule where they penetrate the skin - mild pneumonitis may result from traveling thru the lungs - most significant symptoms and signs occur from ingestion of blood of host leading to blood loss (.2ml/worm/day)
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strongyloides stercoralis
- distribution parallels hookworms, similar life cycle - entry of filaria through skin - Appalachia, SE US - cat/dogs as reservoirs
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manifestations of strongyloides stercoralis
usually mild | -in IC's, hyperinfection may result with severe penumonitis and duodenitis
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most common parasite of humans after pinworms
Ascaris lumbricoides
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Ascaris lumbricoides
tropics and subtropics - large worms - live unattached in lumen of small intestine
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signs and symptoms of Ascaris lumbricoides
eosinophilic pneumonitis of lung including dyspnea, dry cough, fever, eosinophilia - colicky epigastric or periumbilical pain - malnutrition
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greatest danger related to Ascaris lumbricoides
results from abdominal migration in body including blockage of biliary ducts -obstruction of small intestine may also occur
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small intestine parasites
giardia hookworm stryongyloides ascaris
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Trichinella spiralis
- ingestion of improperly cooked pork - larvae penetrate tissue-> disseminate hematogenously-> encyst in muscle cells - muscle cells involved: diaphragm, EOM, laryngeal, deltoid, gastrocnemius, intercostal muscles - eosinophilia, fever, myalgias, periorbital edema
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how does Trichinella spiralis cause eosinophilic infiltrate in lungs?
trapped larvae in lungs
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how can Trichinella spiralis cause heart failure
patchy interstitial myocarditis with eosinophilia and giant cells resulting in scarring, heart failure
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Larval Migrans syndromes (LMS)
- zoonotic disease: nonhuman hookworms cannot complete life cycle in humans - LMS: intense eosinophilic inflammatory reaction by host - treatment: decrease inflammatory reaction: steroids and antihistamines
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cutaneous larval migrans
Ancylostoma - creeping eruption: associated with hookworms of dog, cat - causes intensely pruritis skin lesions - plumbers, construction workers, duck hunters, others exposed to infected soil
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visceral larval migrans
Toxocara canis, T. cati - dog/cats infected-> dissemination through body - usually S-L - puppies-> give to children - hepatomegaly, hypereosinophilia, hypergammaglobulinemia, history of geophagia
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neural larval migrans
Balisascaris - -wildlife - infections of raccoons - children of poor hygiene and geophagia - disease depends on # of organisms and re-infections - CNS disease: results in eosinophilic meningoencephalitis - larvae not lost in stools, diagnosis by tissue
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lymphatic filariasis
wuchereria bancrofti - subSaharan africa, L.A. and SE asia - mosquitos - larvae develop in lymphatic channels-> chronic damage to lymphatics (T cell mediated)-> granulomas around adult parasites - can result in lymphatic dilatation and lymphedema is terms elephantiasis when in lower limb - scrotum, penis, vulva, leg or arm
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Filariasis
- infected larvae transmitted by infected biting arthropods during blood meal - larvae migrate to appropriate site of host's body-> develop into micro-filariae producing adults - adults dwell in various human tissue-> can live there for several years - microfilariae infect biting arthropods
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river blindness
onchocerca volvulus - filarial nematode: transmitted by blackflies - MAJOR cause of blindness in Africa: punctate keraitis, damage to retinal (cross reaction between parasite antigen and retinal pigment epithelial cells) - chronic pruritic dermatitis, sub, cut. dermal nodules (onchocercoma)
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head lice
pediculus humanus capitis
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body lice
pediculus humanus humanus
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crab louse
Pthirus pubis
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scabies
sarcoptes scabei
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chiggers
larvae of prostigmata (mites)
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Fleas
human (Pulex irritans) or rat (xenopsylla cheopis)
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body lice and head lice vectors for
louse borne typhus: rickettsia prowazeki trench fever: rochalimaea quintana louse-borne relapsing fever: Borrellia recurrentis
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crab louse characteristics
STD Blue spots -.2-.3 cm in diameter, irregular outline, painless, do not disappear on pressure, deeper tissue -appear after hours after crab lice has bitten and last for days -poisonous saliva injected by crab louse (similar to melanoderma caused by body louse)
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scabies characteristics
close contact spread - burrow in skin but never beyond stratum corneum - intense pruritic lesions: mediated by IgE, mast cells, E - re-occur every 28 days after locally laid eggs hatch - other races cause in animals: just itchy in humans
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chigger bites
(mites) - take up residence in hair follicles - inject digestive enzymes that rupture cells, causing an intense local inflammatory response
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rhinosporidiosis
Mesomycetozoea - aquatic protistan - india, Sri. Lanka, Texas, SW US - traumatic inoculation of organism from water source - causes granulomatous of mucous membranes resulting in polyp formation - infections of nose, nasopharynx, conjunctiva

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