TAENIA SOLIUM

Soil transmitted Herminthes

By
NURNAJWA BINTI PAHIMI
1038
WHAT IS TAENIA SOLIUM?

O Commonly known as pork tapeworm.

O It
is a flattened ribbon like tapeworm
that is white in color.
WHAT ARE GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION FOR THIS
WORM?
O In the pig raising countries

O Very rare in Islamic countries.

LIFE CYCLE OF TAENIA
SOLIUM
LIFE CYCLE
METHOD OF INFECTION
Pigs
and Intermediate Hosts Man
hogs

Infective stage

Cysticercus cellulosae
 METHOD OF INFECTION

Ingestion of Taenia solium Auto infection

[happens when
eggs which contaminate harbouring adult worm]
food & drink

External Internal
 PATHOGENESIS
O Ingestion of T. solium eggs or proglottid rupture
within the host intestine can cause larvae to migrate
into host tissue and cause cysticercosis.

O The ingested eggs hatch only after their contact with

gastric juice followed by intestinal juices.

O If person is heavily infected with T.solium,

neurocysticercosis epilepsy, seizures,
lesions in the brain, blindness and tumor like
growths.
Taenia [Egg]
Cysticercosis
Solium soil
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pa u e s ti o n
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The severity
of
cysticercosis
si z e
the h o s t
im m u n e
re s po n s e
 CASE OF STUDY
 A 25-year-old woman with history of living in pig raising area
was admitted because of worsening headaches. At first the
doctor predicted it as a normal headache because of prolonged
exposure to sunlight.

 The magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) of the brain showed

multiple bihemispheric, parenchymal nodules along with
edematous lesions in the posterior parietal, occipital and right
basal ganglia. An ophthalmic examination was unremarkable.

 The patient was administered with Praziquantel for presumed

neurocysticercosis.
 CLINICAL PICTURE
 Cysticercosis in muscles

 Neurocysticercosis

 
 Ophthalmic cysticercosis

 Subcutaneous cysticercosis
 DIAGNOSIS
 Biopsy of infected tissue

 Examination of faeces

 Radiologicaltest
[e.g X-ray, CT scans, MRIs]

 X-ray
to visualize calcified lesions in brain and
muscles
 TREATMENT
 Albendazole [combine with steroid]
[400mg twice/day for 15 days and can be repeated]

 Praziquantel more effective and a

safe drug for Neurocysticercosis
[50mg/kg body wt. t.d.s for 15 days]
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 Earlytreatment of the infected person to reduce the
risk of auto infection or infection of others.

 Proper cooking of pork.

 Suspected infected meat should be condemned or

frozen at -15C for at least 3 days.

 Prevent defecation in soil.

 Sanitarydisposal of human excreta. Pig sties should

be far away from houses.
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