PARASITOLOGY MUST-KNOW: Periodicity of Microfilariae 🔬🪱
𝗪hat 𝗕out 𝗟ove? 𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗠, None 🤔😕
First 3 in order from night to subperiodic to day
𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗠 = NON-periodic
Drug of Choice:
1. Metronidazole - For Amoebic colitis
2. Amphotericin B - N.fowleri
3. Metronidazole and Tinidazole - Giardiasis and Trichomoniasis
4.Primaquine - relapse of vivax
5.praziquantel - Most trematode
6. Mebendazole/Albendazole - Most intestinal nematodes
[ABNORMAL SPERM MORPHOLOGY]
1. Tapered head - assoc. to daily hot sauna
2. Two head sperm - assoc. to heavy metals
3. Coiled-tail sperm - assoc. to heavy smoking