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Infectious Disease | Physician Assistant School Study Aid
Pinworm (Enterobius Vermicularis)
- Pathophysiology
- Nematode (Roundworm)
- Ingestion of Eggs
- Intestinal Infection
- Anal Pruritus
- Diagnosis
- Scotch Tape Test
- Treatment
- Albendazole
- Pyrantel Pamoate
2 mins
Loa Loa
- Pathophysiology
- Nematode (Roundworm)
- Fly Bite
- Calabar Swellings in Skin
- Conjunctiva
- Treatment
- Diethylcarbamazine (DEC)
- Albendazole
1 min
Onchocerca Volvulus
- Pathophysiology
- Nematode (Roundworm)
- Female Blackfly Bite
- Hyperpigmented Skin
- River Blindness
- Treatment
- Ivermectin
1 min
Strongyloides Stercoralis
- Pathophysiology
- Nematode (Roundworm)
- Larvae in Soil Penetrate Skin
- Uncomplicated Disease
- GI Distress
- Loffler's Syndrome
- Dermatitis
- Disseminated Disease
- Immunosuppressed
- Treatment
- Ivermectin
- Albendazole
2 mins
Trichinella Spiralis (Trichinellosis)
- Characteristics
- Nematode
- Pathogenesis
- Undercooked Meat (Especially Pork)
- Larvae Enter Bloodstream and Encyst in Striated Muscle
- Signs and Symptoms
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Myalgia
- Fever
- Periorbital Edema
- Eosinophilia
- Treatments
- Albendazole
2 mins
Hookworm Infection
- Characteristics
- Necator Americanus
- Ancylostoma spp
- Nematode (Roundworm)
- Mode of transmission
- Larvae in Soil Penetrate Skin
- Pathophysiology
- Larvae Migrate To Lungs
- Larvae Mature In The Intestine
- Risk Factors
- Walking Barefoot On Contaminated Ground
- Signs & Symptoms
- Cutaneous Symptoms
- Microcytic Anemia
- Treatment
- Albendazole
- Pyrantel Pamoate
4 mins
Ascariasis Characteristics and Life Cycle
- Characteristics
- Nematode (Roundworm)
- Most Common Helminth Infection
- Fecal-Oral Transmission
- Life Cycle
- Eggs Deposited in Soil
- Embryo Ingested
- Larvae Hatch in Intestines
- Larvae Migrate to Lungs Through Bloodstream
- Larvae Coughed Up and Swallowed
- Mature into Adults in Intestine
- Mature Adults Lay Eggs which are Passed in Stool
3 mins
Ascariasis Clinical Features and Management
- Early Clinical Manifestations
- Cough
- Eosinophilic Pneumonitis (Loffler Syndrome)
- Late Clinical Manifestations
- GI Upset
- Bowel or Biliary Obstruction
- Worms in Stool
- Diagnosis
- Stool Ova and Parasite Studies
- Management
- Albendazole
- Pyrantel Pamoate In Pregnancy
5 mins
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