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Taenia solium

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Parasites
  1. Giardia lamblia
  2. Toxoplasma gondii
  3. Entamoeba histolytica
  4. Cryptosporidium
  5. Naegleria fowleri
  6. Trypanosoma brucei
  7. Plasmodium Overview
  8. Plasmodium Disease (Malaria)
  9. Babesia
  10. Trypanosoma cruzi
  11. Leishmania
  12. Trichomonas vaginalis
  13. Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
  14. Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
  15. Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm)
  16. Ancylostoma and Necator
  17. Trichinella spiralis
  18. Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)
  19. Toxocara canis
  20. Onchocerca volvulus
  21. Loa loa
  22. Wuchereria bancrofti
  23. Taenia solium
  24. Diphyllobothrium latum
  25. Echinococcus granulosus
  26. Schistosoma
  27. Clonorchis sinensis
  28. Sarcoptes scabiei (Scabies)
  29. Pediculus humanis and Phthirus pubis (Lice)
  • Taenia solium
    • Characteristics
      • Includes T. solium (pork tapeworm)
      • Type of flat cestode (tapeworm) parasite
    • Transmission and Presentation
      • Ingestion of larvae in undercooked pork (cysts in muscle tissue)
        • Causes intestinal tapeworm
          • May have nausea, anorexia, or epigastric pain (MB)
          • Peripheral eosinophilia may be seen (MB)
      • Ingestion of eggs in food (contaminated with human feces) 
        • Causes cysticercosis
          • Neurocysticercosis 
            • Cystic CNS lesions (small ring-enhancing lesions)
            • Seizures, headache, altered mental status
          • Cystic lesions involving muscles or subcutaneous tissues
    • Diagnosis
      • Stool Microscopy (O&P)
        • Proglottids (tapeworm sections) and eggs in stool
      • Brain imaging for neurocysticercosis
    • Treatment
      • Praziquantel
      • Add albendazole for neurocysticercosis