Primarily found in undercooked foods
Drugs Active Against Cestodes
- Z Niclosamide; activating ATPases; = energy depletion & lysis
- Y Praziquantel ; used in Trematodes
- Y Albendazole, Mebendazole; used in Nematodes
The 4 important cestodes are:
- taenia saginata ( beef tapeworm) Niclosamide
- taenia solium (pork tapeworm; causes cysticerci in brain & eye) Albendazole
- diphyllobothrium latum ( fish tapeworm) Niclosamide
- echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm that cause hydatid cysts in lung,liver,and brain) Albendazole
