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This document provides detailed information on Fasciola and Taenia species, including their life cycles, infective stages, diagnostic methods, and habitats. It also covers diseases caused by Taenia solium, such as intestinal taeniasis and cysticercosis, along with complications of Plasmodium species infections. Explore the world of medical parasitology in this comprehensive revision guide.
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Medical parasitology(Final Revision ) Manchester, S6
1) The next figure represents part of a parasite Answer the following questions: A) Mention name of the parasite (Taenia solium) B) Diseases caused by this parasite (intestinal taeniasis and cysticercosis ) C) Methods of infection (consumption of imperfectly cooked pig's meat containing the cysticercus cellulosa, ingestion of eggs of T. Solium, external or internal autoinfection) D) Infective stage (cysticercus cellulosa in case of intestinal taeniasis and egg in case of cysticercosis) E) Diagnostic stage (gravid segments or rarely eggs in the stool) F) Habitat of this parasite (small intestine)
Ascaris eggs decorticated Corticated & fertilized unfertilized
Free-living amoebae Naegleria fowleri
Haemosomatic flagellates Phlebotomous papatasi
Chiclero ulcer Romana’s sign
Complications: Cerebral malaria Hypoglycaemia Hyperpyrexia Convulsion Shock Hemoglobinuria Severe anaemia Acute renal failure Coagulopathy Spontaneous bleeding Acute pulmonary oedema Aspiration pneumonia Hyperparasitaemia Metabolic acidosis Glomerulonephritis Nephrotic syndrome Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium falciparum Relapses Plasmodium vivax `n ovale Manar Sobh Azab