All the following organisms can cause arthritis except
Ans. D. Trichuris trichiuraExplanationWuchereria bancrofti causes lymphatic filariasis and occult filariasis.Occult filariasis results due to hypersensitivity reaction to malarial antigen, classical features of lymphatic filariasis are absent.C/F ->> Arthritis, massive eosinophilia, hepatosplenomegaly, cough, dyspnea, glomerulonephritis, thrombophlebitis, tenosynovitis (Panikers Parasitology, p210).Dracunculus medinensis --> It makes a painful papule that enlarges to form blister, local erythema, urticaria, fever, nausea, pruritius.Complications: Sepsis, local abscess, pyogenic arthritis (Mandell's infectious diseases p no. 3589).Case study reveals a case of monoarthritis caused by Echinococcus granulosus
Wuchereria bancrofti
Echinococcus granulosus
Dracunculus medinensis
Trichuris trichiura
Parasitology