Visceral fluke - Paragonimus westermani Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
Q

AKA

A

Oriental lung fluke

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2
Q

Tegument is densely covered with ___________

A

scale-like spines

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3
Q

Oral vs ventral suckers

A

similar size

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4
Q

Two ___________ testes are situated _______

A

irregularly lobed

posteriorly

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5
Q

_________ is _____ to the ___ testis and is connected via oviduct to the uterus

A

lobed ovary
anterior
right

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6
Q

a ______ that lies _____ to the left ____

A

tightly coiled rosette
anterior
testis

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7
Q

Eggs are ____ and have a rather ___________

A

ovoid

flattened operculum

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8
Q

Vitelline follicles are ______ and _______, lying parallel to caeca

A

extensive

extend bilaterally

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9
Q

Ventral sucker is located:

A

medially between the ovary & uterus

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10
Q

Adults live in

A

the lungs where cross fertilization occurs

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11
Q

____ containing _____ are coughed up and expelled with sputum

A

Eggs

zygotes

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12
Q

Other eggs may get trapped in:

A

the surrounding lung tissue and produce bronchial abscesses

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13
Q

some eggs may be _____ with ____, passed through the _____ and expelled with ____

A

swallowed
sputum
digestive system
feces

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14
Q

Once eggs reach water, embryos require ____ in water before ______.

A

> 2 wk

miracidium’s development is complete

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15
Q

Miracidium must encounter & enter a snail host within ____

A

24 hours

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16
Q

Inside the snail, ____ and _____ generations are produced in the ______, which in turn develop many _____

A

sporocyst
2 redial
digestive gland
cercariae

17
Q

Cercariae have

A

spined and knoblike tails, and emerge from the snail after 3 months of initial infection.

Their tail is useless for swimming

18
Q

After emergence, they ____ over rocks until they encounter suitable crustaceans ________.

A

crawl

freshwater crabs, crayfish

19
Q

Using their _______, they penetrate the crustacean’s exoskeleton and encyst in the crustaceans, where they develop into _______

A

sharply pointed stylet

metacercariae

20
Q

How humans get infected:

A

Eating undercooked crustaceans

21
Q

worms excyst in the:

A

duodenum & remain there for few days before entering the coelom

22
Q

Later they penetrate ___________, and enter _______ and develop to sexual maturity in 2-3 months

A

the diaphragm and pleura

bronchioles of the lungs

23
Q

wandering juveniles may become lodged in:

A

other organs

brain, heart and skin, producing ectopic lesions

24
Q

disease caused by paragonimus infection:

A

Paragonimiasis

25
It has ________, but most of the cases are confined to the _________
worldwide in distribution | Oriental countries
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Adult worms inside lungs provoke______
inflammatory rx
27
Symptoms:
dry cough, chest pain, difficulty in breathing, fever, blood/brownish streaks (i.e., fluke eggs) in the sputum, coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
28
Diagnosis
difficult to distinguish from other pulmonary disorders such as pneumonia and tuberculosis
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Infection of abdominal wall may produce:
pain, diarrhea, and bleeding
30
most reliable diagnostic tool
Eggs found in rust-colored sputum
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In the brain, infection may produce
epilepsy (seizure), cerebral tumor, paralysis
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Treatment
Praziquantel taken orally over 3 days
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Prevention
Cooking usually kill cysts in crustaceans and care should be taken with cysts on hands, knives and chopping boards
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Control
Natural reservoir hosts include several crustacean-consuming carnivores; their population should be carefully monitored