Cestodes (tapeworms)

Question 1

Taenia solium

Answer 1

Ingestion of larvae encysted in undercooked pork
Ingestion of eggs

Intestinal infection, cysticerosis, neurocysticerosis

Treat with praziquantel,
for neurocysticerosis, praziquantel + bendazole

Question 2

Diphyllobothrium latum

Answer 2

Ingestion of larvae from raw fresh fish

Vitamin B12 deficiency, as tapeworm competes for B12 in intestine, anemia

treat with praziquantel

Question 3

Echinococcus granulosus

Answer 3

Ingestion of eggs from dog feces
Cysts in liver,cuasing analyphasis if antigen released

Surgeons preinject ethanol to kill cysts

Bendazoles

Question 4

Cestodes

Answer 4

Taenia solium
Diphyllobothrium latum
Echinococcus granulosus

“Cesto sounds like cement (which binds like tape), most of them treated with praziquantel”