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Summary of Parasite Charts

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Infective stage for Entamoeba histolytica, Balantidium coli, and Giardia lamblia.
Cyst
Infective stage for Crytosporidiosis and Cyclospora
Oocyst
Laboratory Diagnosis for Amebiasis
Cysts and trophozoites - stool. Trophozoites - tissue bx.
Drugs used in tx Amebiasis
Luminal amebiasis, Diiodohydroxyquinoline.
Invasive: Metronidazole (Flagyl)
Drugs used in Balantidiasis
Tetracycline, Diiodohydroxyquinoline
Laboratory Diagnosis for Balantidiasis
Cysts and trophozoites - stool. Trophozoites - rectal bx.
Laboratory Diagnosis for Giardiasis
Cysts and trophozoites - stool. Trophozoite - duodenal aspirate
Drugs for Giardiasis
Metronidazole
Treatment for Cyclospora
Trimethoprim + sulfa = Bactrim
Lab dx for Cryptosporidium
Oocyst. Modified acid fast stain
Malaria's infective stage?
Sporozoite
Location of the pathogenic stage of Malaria
Liver (primary schizogony), RBC (Schizogonic cycle)
Lab dx for malaria
Blood smears
Drugs used in tx of malaria
Artemesinin-based combination, quinine or quinidine.
Toxoplasma gondii infective stage
Cyst
Toxoplasma gondii lab dx
Serology
Toxoplasma gondii tx
Pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine
Amebic meningoencephalitis is caused by?
Naegleria fowleri
Naegleria fowleri infective stage
Trophozoite
Naegleria fowleri Location of pathogenic stage
Brain
Naegleria fowleri Lab dx
Clinical indications
Naegleria fowleri drugs used
None
Trichomomiasis infective stage
Trophozoites
Trichomomiasis lab dx
Trophozoite in vaginal discharge
Trichomomiasis tx
Metronidazole (Flagyl)
Trypanosomiasis infective stage
Metacyclic trypomastigote
Lab dx of Trichomomiasis
Blood smears
Trichomomiasis brucei tx
Suramin, pentamidine melarsoprol
Trichomomiasis cruzi tx
Benzimidazole, Nifurtimox
Infective stage of Pinworm, Whipworm, and Ascariasis?
Egg
Enterobius vermicularis nickname
Pinworm
Trichuris trichiura nickname
Whipworm
Enterobius vermicularis lab dx
Scotch tape test.
Enterobius vermicularis Tx
Pyrantel pamoate or Mebendazole
Trichuris trichiura/ Ascaris/ Hookworm lab dx
Stool specimen - eggs and adult
Trichuris trichiura/Ascaris/Hookworm Tx
Mebendazole
Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus
Hookworm
Strongyloidiasis Infective stage
Larva (soil) autoinfection
Strongyloidiasis lab dx
Larvae (stool, duodenal aspirate)
Strongyloidiasis tx
Ivermectin, thiabendazole
Trichinella spiralis lab dx
Encysted larvae (muscle bx), serology
Trichinella spiralis tx
Anti-inflammatory agents. Salicylates. Corticosteroids.
Visceral larva migrans is....
Toxocara canis
Toxocara canis is found in?
Liver, lung, eye, brain
Toxocara canis tx
Mebendazole
Cutaneous larvae migrans is....
Ancylostoma brasiliensis, A. caninum
Cutaneous larvae migrans tx
Thiabendazole
Beef tapeworm infection is caused by?
Taenia saginata
Pork tapeworm infection is caused by?
Taenia solium
Tapeworm lab dx
Stool specimen eggs and proglottids
Tapeworm tx
Praziquantel, Niclosamide
Rat tapeworm infection is caused by?
Hymenolepsis diminuta
Dwarf tapeworm is caused by?
Hymenolepsis nana
Dog tapeworm infection is?
Dipylidium caninum
Fish tapeworm is?
Diphyllobothrium latum
Taenia solium produces?
Cysticercosis
Tx for cysticercosis and hydatid disease
Albendazole
Sparganosis is caused by?
Spirometra mansonoides
Hydatid disease is caused by?
Echinococcus granulosus
Who is the definitive host for Hydatid disease?
Dogs
Infective stage for Fish, Dog Tapeworm and Sparganosis?
Larvae
Infective stage for Taenia solium and Echinococcus
Egg
Infective stage for Schistosomiasis
Cercariae
Treatment for Schistosomiasis
Praziquantel
Swimmer's Itch is caused by?
Non-human Schistosoma
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