Solium

Both the adult and the larval cysticerci (bladderworm) of Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) are able to Hve in humans the parasite is found sporadically in uncooked pork. In the stomach, the larva is digested out of the pork flesh it then grows and attaches to the wall of the small intestine. Maturity is reached in 5—12 weeks. The adult is 5 m long, and untreated adult worms may survive for 25 years. 

This dmg was used prior to the availabiUty of niclosamide and is considered less satisfactory for the treatment of tapeworms than niclosamide (24). It causes more side effects and produces severe nausea. Quinacrine, however, is preferred by some clinicians for the treatment of Taenia solium infection because, unlike niclosamide, it expels the worms intact, thus reducing the theoretical risk of cysticercosis (25). 

Taenia solium Cysticercosis pork tapeworm disease... 

Tapeworm infections (T. saginata and T. solium) are treated with praziquantel 5 to 10 mg/kg as a single dose (use the same dose for adults and pediatric patients).3 The treatment for cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis may include surgery, anticonvulsants (neurocysticercosis can cause seizures), and anthelmintic therapy. The anthelmintic therapy of choice is albendazole 400 mg twice daily for 8 to 30 days. The pediatric dose of albendazole is 15 mg/kg (maximum 800 mg) in two divided doses for 8 to 30 days. The doses for both adults and pediatric subjects can be repeated if necessary. Praziquantel is an alternative therapy.3... 

If the specimen is difficult to examine, raise the tape from the front of the glass slide, add a drop of toluene to the slide, and replace the tape smoothly with an applicator stick. (Remember. Enterobius spp. and Taenia solium eggs are infective )... 

Niclosamide is an anthelmintic, which is active against various intestinal tapeworms. It is the drug of choice for tapeworm infections due to Taenia Saginata, Diphyllobothrium Latum, and Taenia Solium. Niclosamide is particularly effective... 

Chemical Education Resources, Inc, "Determining the Percent Solium Hypochlorite in Commercial Bleaching Solutions," Palmyra, PA., 1992. 

Tapeworm infections are caused by Taenia solium. Tinea pedis causes the fungal infection known os athlete s foot. Yersinia pestis is implicated in plague, Candida albicans is responsible for candidiasis while Chlamydia frachomifis causes eye infections. 

Paromomycin sulfate has been recommended for other parasitic infections — Dientamoeba fragilis (25 to 30 mg/kg/day in 3 doses for 7 days) Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Dipylidium caninum adults 1 g every 15 minutes P.968... 

Pork tapeworm) Taenia solium Praziquantel,-Niclosamide, or Albendazole... 

Cysticercus cellulosae Taenia solium, in man) Tapeworm found in pork 0.3 Preliminary minimum effective dose... 

Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) Praziquantel or niclosamide ... 

TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPEWORM), T SOLIUM (PORK TAPEWORM), AND DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM (FISH TAPEWORM)... 

A single 2 g dose of niclosamide results in cure rates of over 85% for D latum and about 95% for T saginata. It is probably equally effective against T solium. Cysticercosis can theoretically occur after treatment of T solium infections, because viable ova are released into the gut lumen after digestion of segments, but no such cases have been reported. 

A single dose of praziquantel, 5-10 mg/kg, results in nearly 100% cure rates for Tsaginata, Tsolium, and D latum infections. Because praziquantel does not kill eggs, it is theoretically possible that larvae of T solium released from eggs in the large bowel could penetrate the intestinal wall and give rise to cysticercosis, but this hazard is probably minimal. 

Brehm, K., Hubert, K., Sciutto, E., Garate, T. and Frosch, M. (2002) Characterization of a spliced leader gene and of trans-spliced mRNAs from Taenia solium. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 122, 1 05-11 0. 

Chapman, A., Vallejo, V., Mossie, K.G., Ortiz, D., Agabian, N. and Flisser, A. (1995) Isolation and characterization of species-specific DNA probes from Taenia solium and Taenia saginata and their use in an egg detection assay, journal of Clinical Microbiology 33, 1283-1 288. 

Nakao, M., Sako, Y. and Ito, A. (2003) The mitochondrial genome of the tapeworm Taenia solium a finding of the abbreviated stop codon U. Journal of Parasitology 89, 633-635. 

Rishi, A.K. and McManus, D.P. (1988) Molecular cloning of Taenia solium genomic DNA and characterization of taeniid cestodes by DNA analysis. Parasitology 97, 1 61-1 76. 

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