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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A thirty-year-old male comes to you with intermittent cough shortness of breath and wheezing. Investigation revealed eosinophilia, absence of microfilaria in the blood. A chest radiograph showed scattered reticulonodular infiltrates. Which of the following anthelmintic medication would be effective for this condition?
Albendazole
Pyrantel Pamoate
Diethycarbamazine citrate
Ivermectin
A 10-year-old girl comes to you with abdominal pain and cramps for the past few days. Her examination revealed normal findings except for nonspecific abdominal discomfort with a complete blood count showing anaemia and 22% eosinophils (elevated). A stool specimen revealed the characteristic eggs of A. lumbricoides. The drug of choice in treating this condition is:
Piperazine citrate
Pyrantel pamoate
Mebendazole
Albendazole
A 34-year-old female presented to the medical clinic complaining of dizziness and mild seizures that have been going on for the past 12 years. CT of the brain showed multilobulated cystic mass in the posteromedial left temporal/occipital region with surrounding oedema. MRI of the head without contrast revealed a nodular focus of enhancement within the multilobulated cystic mass in the brain. The drug of choice in treating this condition is:
Pyrantel pamoate
Albendazole
Mebendazole
Piperazine citrate
A 50-year-old man reported with a history of spontaneous discharge of light-coloured segments in stool accompanied by abdominal pain. There was no history of diarrhoea vomiting or pica. He was a non-vegetarian with unremarkable dietary habits. He belonged to a fishing community. Stool examination by formol ether sedimentation technique revealed oval eggs measuring 70 × 45 µm. The egg was operculated with a knob on the opposite side. The drug of choice in treating this condition is:
Oxamniquine
Praziquantel
Ivermectin
Niclosamide
Identify the condition and the drug of choice in treating this condition:
Albendazole
Thiabendazole
Ivermectin
Piperazine citrate
The mother of a five-year-old boy brought her son since the child has been having difficulty in sleeping in night because of severe itching in the perineal area. Visualisation of the peri anal area showed the following
Albendazole
Thiabendazole
Ivermectin
Piperazine Citrate
A 7-year-old boy from a rural village presented with chronic progressive lymphedema of the right lower extremity and the prepuce of the penis showed a significant deformity that the father said had been present since the child was six months of age.
Praziquantel
Thiabendazole
Diethylcarbamazine citrate
Oxamniquine
Praziquantel is contraindicated in
Neurocysticercosis
Ocuar cysticercosis
Intracranial hypertension
Hyperthermia
Which of the following anthelminthic medication can cause Mazzotti reaction?
Praziquantel
Pyrantel pamoate
Ivermectin
Albendazole
This anthelminthic drug acts by targeting the glutamate-gated chloride channel receptors:
Albendazole
Ivermectin
Diethylcarbamazine citrate
Piperazine Citrate
