How do you treat Spirometra?

Infections with Spirometra sp in dogs and cats can be treated with praziquantel at 7.5 mg/kg, PO, for 2 consecutive days. Spirometra sp infections in cats can also be treated with a single dose of praziquantel at 30 mg/kg, SC, IM, or PO. Mebendazole at 11 mg/kg, PO, has also been successful.

Can humans get Spirometra?

Diphyllobothroid tapeworm under the genus Spirometra is the causative agent. Humans can be infected through the consumption of contaminated water or meat from intermediate hosts or through topical application of raw, contaminated poultices to eyes and open wounds.

How do dogs get Spirometra?

Dogs and cats become infected with Spirometra spp. when they ingest an infected vertebrate. Spirometra spp. larvae have a broad host range; infective spargana may develop in amphibians, reptiles, birds, or mammals that ingest an infected copepod first intermediate host or a paratenic host.

How is Dipylidium Caninum treated?

Praziquantel and epsiprantel are considered the treatments of choice and are highly effective against Dipylidium caninum. Praziquantel is approved at 5mg/kg orally or subcunateously for elimination of Dipylidium caninum (dogs and cats).

What is the life cycle of Taenia Saginata?

Life Cycle: solium. The adults produce proglottids which mature, become gravid, detach from the tapeworm, and migrate to the anus or are passed in the stool (approximately 6 per day). T. saginata adults usually have 1,000 to 2,000 proglottids, while T.

What causes sparganosis?

Humans acquire sparganosis by either drinking water contaminated with infected copepods or consuming the flesh of an under-cooked second intermediate or paratenic host. Spargana can live up to 20 years in the human host.

Which form of Spirometra is seen in man?

II Life Cycle of Spirometra mansonoides. Tapeworms of the genus Spirometra are of medical interest in that the larval form is occasionally found as a tissue parasite in man causing the infection known as sparganosis.

Can dogs get tapeworms from fish?

The final intermediate host containing the larva (plerocercoid) infective for the dog or cat is an aquatic vertebrate (fish, frog, water snake). Thus, dogs and cats become infected with tapeworms by eating uncooked meat or fish or by ingesting certain insects.

How do humans get Dipylidium caninum?

Ingesting fleas containing the cysticercoids infects the vertebrate host. Although the dog is the principal host for Dipylidium caninum, humans can also become infected by ingesting the cystercoid-contaminated fleas.

How to determine the type of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei?

Diagnoses and Treatment. To determine the type of species, a fecal sample under the microscope to see the eggs would be the best way. The eggs of any Spirometra species are oval in shape with a distinct operculum at one pole. The treatment for S. erinaceieuropaei is the drug praziquantel, which is typical for tapeworm infections.

Who are the intermediate hosts of Spirometra sparganosis?

Sparganosis is infection by the third-stage plerocercoid larva (sparganum) of pseudophyllidean cestodes of the genera Spirometra and Sparganum, the latter of which may be an aberrant Spirometra sp. The definitive hosts for Spirometra spp. are canids and felids, and humans serve as only paratenic or second intermediate hosts for the parasites.

How is Spirometra spp.treated in dogs and cats?

Treatment of Spirometra spp. in dogs and cats must be combined with prevention of ingestion of prey species (see Control and Prevention) or reinfection is likely to occur.

How can you tell if a tapeworm is a Spirometra?

To determine the type of species, a fecal sample under the microscope to see the eggs would be the best way. The eggs of any Spirometra species are oval in shape with a distinct operculum at one pole. The treatment for S. erinaceieuropaei is the drug praziquantel, which is typical for tapeworm infections.