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DIT helminths
Question | Answer |
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most common helminthic infection in the US | enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) |
One third of the world infected with it | ascaris lumbricoides |
snail host, "swimmer's itch" | schistosoma |
most common predisposing factor for bladder CA in 3rd world countries | schistosoma |
contracted by eating undercooked fish and causes inflammation of the biliary tract | clonorchis |
soil to skin to venous blood supply to lungs to pharynx to intestines | stronglyoides |
hookworm | ancylostoma duodenale, necator americanus |
roundworm | ascaris |
undercooked crabmeat causes inflammation and secondary bacterial infection of the lung | paragonimus westernari |
pork tapeworm | taenia solium |
responsible for lymphatic filariasis | onchococa volvulus |
adult pt from mexico with new onset seizures and brain calcifications | taenia |
hematuria in pt from 3rd world country | schistosoma |
med for giardia,entamoeba, trichomonas | metronidazole |
med formost malarias | chloroquine |
med for plasmodium vivax or ovale | cloroquine + primaquine |
med for resistant malarias | mefloquine, sulfadoxin + pyramithamine or quinine + doxycyclin |
meds for most all flukes and tapeworms | praziquantel |
meds for hookworm, pinworm, roundworm | bendazoles, pyrantel pamoate |
meds for chagas disease | nifurtimox |
best guess for roundworms | bendazoles |
leishmaniasis tx | sodium stibogluconate |
lice | pediculosis capitis |
crabs | pediculosis pubis |