| Term | Definition |
|---|
| characteristic feature of flat worms | they do not have a digestive tract |
| 2 groups of flat worms | cestodes and trematodes |
| intermediate host of schistosomes | fresh water snail |
| cestodes are hermaphrodites. T/F | True, cestodes are hermaphrodites |
| Schistosome | portal hypertension, hematuria, brian or spinal cord injury, pulmonary artery hypertension indicate infection with what parasite |
| cysticercus | round fluid filled bladder containing tapeworm in pork; human ingest the eggs that hatch within small intestine, and larvae migrate throughout the body |
| fish tapeworm can grow to what length | 45 m and is acquired by ingesting larvae in raw freshwater fish (crustaceans and a fish) |
| what problem can diphyllobothrium latum cause | B12 deficiency anemia |
| smallest tapeworm that infects humans | hymenolepis nana (15 - 50 mm); has no intermediate hosts. |
| extra-intestinal tapeworm infection, hydatid disease | echinococcus granulosus and multilocularis (perpeutated in dogs and sheep) |
| hydatid cysts | fluid filled cysts that can undergo asexual budding to form daughter cysts and protoscolices |
| procedure for hydatid cysts | PERCUtaneous aspiration of , infusion of scolicidal agents and reaspiration (PAIR) |
| creeping eruption | also cutaneous larval migrans seen in hookworm infection, with larva of dog and cat hookworm migrating beneath the epidermis; red raised itchy rash, moving with advancing larvae. |
| trade name for metronidazole | Flagl because it kills flagellated bugs, giardia ad trichomonas |
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