QUESTIONS AND REVIEWING LP 5:

1.The deIinition oI deIinitive host (in parasitology) includes:

a. organism in which the parasite live its whole liIe
b. organism in which the parasite develops its adult liIe
c. organism in witch the parasite undergo its sexual multiplication phase
d. organism in which the parasite is present as a larvae
e. organism in which the parasite undergo its asexual multiplication phase

2.An outbreak oI mild intestinal distress, sleeplessness, itching, and anxiety has broken
out among preschool children in a private home. The single most likely parasitic cause oI
the outbreak is:
a. Trichomonas vaginalis
b. Enterobius vermicularis
c. Ancylostoma duodenale
d. Plasmodium vivax
e. Ascaris lumbricoides
3.Oxiurasis
a. represents a leading cause oI parasitic diseases in children colectivities
b. is Irequent in immune compromised persons.
c. is present especially in tropical countries.
d. represents the cause oI chronic enteritis in AIDS patients.
e. produces an important pruritus ani during the night

4.In which oI the Iollowing diseases, bloody-mucous-violent stools, may appear along
with low-grade Iever, anemia, sometimes-rectal prolaps, appendicitis and moderate
hipereozinoIilia:
a. oxiurosis
b. botriocephalosis
c. tricocephalosis
d. criptosporidiasis
e. none

. Trichinelosis
a. is produced by Trichomonas species
b. is produced Trichuris species
c. is produced by Trichinella species
d. evolves with Iebrile enteritis in the Iirst weak oI inIection
e. evolves with muscular pain at the end oI disease course







QUESTIONS AND REVIEWING LP 6:
1. Botriocephalosis:
a. evolves as a Ieverish enteritis, with watery stools
b. oIten has non-symptomatic evolution
c. is transmitted through consumption oI cercariae inIested water or aquatically plants.
d. represents the cause oI some serious complication due to worm migration to other
sites.
e. is transmitted through consumption oI raw Iish.

2. Human inIection with the beeI tapeworm, Taenia saginata, usually is less serious than
inIection with the pork tapeworm, T. solium, because
a. Acute intestinal stoppage is less common in beeI tapeworm inIection
b. Larval invasion does not occur in beeI tapeworm inIection
c. Toxic by-products are not given oII by the adult beeI tapeworm
d. The adult beeI tapeworms are smaller
e. BeeI tapeworm eggs cause less irritation oI the mucosa oI the digestive tract

3. Analysis oI a patient`s stool reveals small structures resembling large rice grains;
microscopic examination shows these to be proglottids. The most likely organism in this
patient`s stool is
a. nterobius vermicularis
b. Ascaris lumbricoides
c. Necator americanus
d. T. saginata
e. Trichuris trichiura

Important and useIul
3. hich one oI the Iollowing parasites has as an intermediary host Iishes or snails:
a. Tenia solium;
b.Trichinella spiralis;
c. Botriocephalus;
d. Toxocara cannis;
e. Fasciola hepatica;

QUESTIONS AND REVIEWING LP 7:
Cisticercosis
For which one oI the Iollowing parasites human beings can to be an intermediary host:
a. Tenia solium
b. Toxoplasma gondii
c. Echinococcus granulosus;
d. Tricocephalus
e. Fasciola hepatica




Human contamination with Echinococcus granulosus is realized through :
a. Contact with dogs.
b. Consumption oI inIested pork meat
c. Eating non-properly washed vegetables
d. Direct human-to-human contact.
e. Drinking contaminated water.

Hydatic cyst
a. is produced by Echinococcus multilocularis.
b. human contamination is realized through contact with Ioxes.
c. can crack or break spontaneously or traumatically.
d. can be diagnosed by serological reactions.
e. human contamination is realized through contact with dogs

Aspergillus:
, produces aspergilloma (Iungus ball)
b produces ascaridosis
c is a mould (Iilamentous Iungi)
d is a protozoan
e is transmitted to humans through meat consumption.

!neumocistis firovecii (Iormer carinii):
, is localized and multiply in the pulmonary alveolus
b is transmitted via respiratory airways
c produces a human disease called interstitial pneumonia in children
d can be identiIied in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)
e is a protozoan with double symmetry.

ryptococcus neoformans:
, is transmitted through consumption oI contaminated water
b is a helminth
c produces meningitis especialy in immunocompromised patients
d is an encapsulated yeast
e produces Iood poisoning.

The risk Iactors Ior candidiasis are:
, high blood presure
b treatment with antibiotics
c immunocompetent patients
d medical devices (catheters)
e diabetes.