KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 154 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient has been preliminarily diagnosed with paragonimiasis. This disease is caused by lung flukes. The causative agent entered into the patient’s body through:
- A. Eating half-cooked lobsters and crabs
- B. Drinking raw water from open reservoirs
- C. Eating half-cooked or dried fish
- D. Contact with an infected cat
- E. Eating unwashed vegetables
Hint
Recall the second intermediate host of the lung fluke, in which the infective metacercariae encyst.
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