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Parasites/Fungi Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards

Flashcard 1: Clinical presentation and treatment of Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus (hookworm) infection?

Answer: Intestinal infection causing iron deficiency anemia; treated with bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate.

Extra: Transmission: Larvae (filariform) penetrate the skin (usually through bare feet). Diagnosis: Eggs in stool. Pathogenesis: Hookworms suck blood from the intestinal wall.

Flashcard 2: Common name for Dracunculus medinensis?

Answer: Guinea worm

Extra: Transmission: Drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) with L3 larvae. Clinical: Skin inflammation and ulceration (usually on lower limbs). Treatment: Slow physical extraction of the worm by winding it around a stick.

Flashcard 3: What are the key clinical features and treatment associated with Onchocerca volvulus?

Answer: River blindness, Ivermectin, Female blackfly bite

Extra: - Disease: River blindness (Onchocerciasis) - Vector: Female blackfly (Simulium) - Treatment: Ivermectin (Mnemonic: Iver-mectin for River blindness) - Clinical: Skin nodules, pruritic dermatitis, and blindness due to microfilariae in the eye.

Flashcard 4: Loa loa is also known as?

Answer: African eye worm (Loiasis)

Extra: • Transmission: Chrysops (deer fly, horse fly, mango fly) • Clinical features: Calabar swellings (subcutaneous edema), worm in conjunctiva • Treatment: Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

Flashcard 5: What condition is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti?

Answer: Elephantiasis (Lymphatic filariasis) diagnosed via nighttime blood smear; Rx with Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)

Extra: Vector: Female Culex mosquito (primarily). Symptoms: Lymphedema, elephantiasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. Diagnosis: Microfilariae in peripheral blood (nocturnal periodicity).

Flashcard 6: What is the primary clinical manifestation of Toxocara canis infection in humans?

Answer: Visceral larva migrans (VLM) / Ocular larva migrans (OLM)

Extra: Definitive host: Dogs (humans are incidental hosts) Transmission: Ingestion of soil or food contaminated with eggs Treatment: Albendazole or Mebendazole

Flashcard 7: Key features of Leishmania donovani (Vector, Reservoir, Infective/Diagnostic stages)

Answer: Vector: Sandfly (Phlebotomus) Reservoir: Humans (Indian), Dogs (Mediterranean) Infective stage: Promastigote Diagnostic stage: Amastigote (LD bodies)

Extra: Leishmania donovani causes visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar). It is characterized by the pentad of: fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, lymphadenopathy, and hypergammaglobulinemia. Treatment: Liposomal Amphotericin B (DOC), Miltefosine.

Flashcard 8: What is the classic clinical triad of visceral leishmaniasis?

Answer: Spiking fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia.

Extra: Drug of choice: Sodium stibogluconate (though Amphotericin B is now often preferred in many regions). This presentation specifically describes Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar).

Flashcard 9: Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)?

Answer: Anal pruritus, Scotch tape test, bendazoles/pyrantel pamoate

Extra: - Clinical image: Intestinal infection causing perianal itching (nocturnal). - Diagnosis: Scotch Tape test (microscopic identification of eggs). - Treatment: Bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate (treat the whole family to prevent reinfection). - Transmission: Fecal-oral.

Flashcard 10: Key features of Ascaris lumbricoides?

Answer: Most common helminthic infection worldwide, causing intestinal obstruction and Loeffler syndrome. treatment: Albendazole/Mebendazole.

Extra: Transmission: Fecal-oral (ingestion of eggs in contaminated soil/food). Diagnosis: Ovoid eggs with thick, mamillated coat in stool. Treatment: Bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate.

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