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CestodesTaenia Solium
Terry L Dwelle MD MPHTM
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Geographic Distribution
►Asia, Africa, the Philippines, South America, parts of Southern Europe and pockets of North America
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General Recognition Features
►Size – Generally 3 meters or less►Proglottids – less than 1000
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General Recognition Features
►Scolex has four suckers with a rostellum that has a double circle of alternating large and small hooks (22-36)
►Proglottid is smaller than T saginata and has 7-13 lateral branches off the central uterus
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T sagninata
T solium
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General Recognition Features
►Eggs31-43 umOuter embryonal membraneBrown shellEmbryo
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Embryonal membrane
Brown shell
Embryo
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General Recognition Features
►Cysticercus 5-10 mm In muscle of pork Invaginated scolexScolex exvaginates and breaks off when digested out of the muscle
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Cysticercus
Hooks
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Life Cycle
►Definitive host – man►Stage leaving the body – gravid proglottids,
occasional embryonated eggs►Intermediate host – pigs and man►Infectious stage for the definitive host –
infectious eggs for cysticercosis, cysticerci for tapeworm infection
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Life CycleInfected tissue eaten by man
Cysticercus digested out of infected tissue
Scolex exvaginates and attaches to small intestine
Gravid proglottid segments found in feces
Eggs extrudedInfectious for 2-6 months
Eggs or proglottids eaten by cattle or man
Eggs hatch in duodenum
Embryo passes to tissue via mesenteric venules or lymphatics
Cysticerus stage develops in tissue (infectious for 1 year)
5-12 weeks
10-12 weeks
2-3 months
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Life Cycle
►Prepatent period – 5-12 weeks►Patent period – decades►3 routes of egg ingestion
Heteroinfection - contaminated food and waterExternal autoinfection – perineal skin to mouthInternal autoinfection – regurgitation proglottids to stomach
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Transmission
►Eating of inadequately cooked pork►Contaminated food and water►Use of raw human sewage for agriculture►Inadequate human fecal sanitation
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Cysticerci
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Pathogenicity
►Cysticercosis – encapsulation occurs around the cysticercus except in the eye or brain
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Disease
►TapewormGenerally asymptomatic except for passage of proglottidsEnd of prepatent period – diarrhea and abdominal pain in ½ of the casesRare – intestinal obstruction
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Disease
►CysticercosisMajor – CNS, muscle, SQ tissues and eyeOther – lung, heart, liver, other visceraCNS – Seizures, stroke, hydrocephalus, headache, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, diplopia, psychiatric problems, meningoencephalitis, visual loss, CSF (elevated protein, low glucose, increased cells)Eye – Shadows, uveitis, iritis, retinal detachment, atrophy of the choroid, conjunctival encapsulationMortality – 25-65% in neurocysticercosis
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Cysticercosis
►Morbidity is almost entirely due to CNS disease
►Prevalence of CNS disease is up to 2% in endemic areas. Many are asymptomatic clinically. Found on autopsy.
►It may take years from onset of infection to onset of symptoms
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Cysticerci
Cysticerci bubble
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Laboratory Diagnosis
►Clinical suspicion►Cysticerci identified
Excised nodules or surgical specimensMobile larvae seen in the eyeBrain imaging (eg CAT scan, radiographs of muscle)Serology – ELISA (80% even in endemic areas). The enzyme immunotransfer blot assay is likely the antibody test of choice.Antigen detection in CSF and Blood
► Eggs identified► Proglottids identified
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Imaging
►Calcified lesions► Small hypodense areas (< 2 cm) often (1/2 time)
can have a central bright spot (scolex)►Disc enhancement or ring around hypodense areas
is associated with spontaneous resolution from the CT in 12 months
►Occasionally can see large cysts (6 cm). Must differentiate from hydatid disease, coenurosis or racemose cysticercosis
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Cysts
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Treatment of Tapeworm
Medication Adult Pediatric
Praziquantel 5-10 mg/kg once
5-10 mg/kg once
Niclosamide 2 gm once 50 mg/kg once
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Adverse Medication Reactions
►Praziquantel (Biltricide – Bayer)Frequent: abdominal pain, diarrhea, malaise, headache, dizzinessOccasional: neutropenia, GI disturbance, methemoglobinemiaRare: CNS symptoms, hypertension, arrhythmias
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Adverse Medication Reactions
►NiclosamideOccasional – abdominal pain, anorexia, diarrhea, emesisRare – dizziness, skin rash, drowsiness, perianal itching, unpleasant taste
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Treatment of CysticercosisMedication Adult Pediatric
Albendazole 400 mg bid X 8-30d (can be repeated)
15 mg/kg/d (max 800 mg) in 2 doses X 8-30 d (can be repeated)
Praziquantel 50-100 mg/kg/d in 3 doses X 30d
50-100 mg/kg/d in 3 doses X 30d
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Cysticercosis Treatment► Initial therapy for single inflammed parenchymal cysticercosis or with calcified
lesions – Rx seizures with anti-seizure medication► Use of albendazole or praziquantel for parenchymal cysticercosis without
seizures is controversial (JM Mcguire NEJM 2004;350:215)► Patients with live parenchymal cysts who have seizures should be treated with
albendazole + steroids (6 mg dexamethasone or 40-60 mg prednisone / day) (Garcia NEJM 2004:350:249)
► Patients with subarcahnoid cysts or giant cysts in the fissures treat for at least 30 days (Proano, NEJM 2001:345:879)
► Surgical intervention or shunting is indicated for hydrocephalus. Give 40 mg prednisone with the surgery.
► Arachnoiditis, vasculitis or cerebral edema – treat with prednisone 60 mg/d or dexamethasone 4-6 mg/d + albendazole or praziquantel (AC White Annu Rev Med 2000:51-187)
► Any cysticeroidicidal drug may cause irreparable damage when used to treat ocular or spinal cysts even when given with steroids. An opthalmologic examination should always precede treatment to r/o introcular cysts.
The Medical Letter, August, 2004
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Cysticercosis Treatment
►Ocular and spinal cysts – treated with surgery
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Adverse Medication Reactions
►Albendazole Occasional: diarrhea, abdominal painRare: leukopenia, alopecia, increased serum transaminase levels
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Cerebrospinal fluid
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Control Measures
► Prompt treatment of tapeworm infected humans► Sanitary disposal of human feces►Adequate meat inspection►Cooking beef to >65C or freezing at -20C for 24
hours► Stool examination of food handlers from endemic
countries►Avoid eating uncooked vegetables and fruits that
cannot be peeled while traveling in developing countries