Taenia Scolex

Adult

Taeniasis

Ingesting contaminated pork/beef

Diarrhea

Feces

4x

Taenia-Ova

Taeniasis

Ova

Ingestion contaminated pork/beef

Diarrhea

Feces

40x

Clonochis Sinesis

Clonorchiasis

Ova

Ingest raw/uncooked fish

Hepatitis

Feces

40x

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Ascariasis

Ova

Ingest from soil/food

Pneumonia/weight loss/cough

Feces

40x

Schistosoma Mansoni

Schistosomiasis

Ova

Swimming in water with infested host(snails)

Vesicles(raised lesions)

Feces

40x

Strongyloides Stercoralis

Strongyloidiasis

Larve

Juvenile penetrate skin from soil

Itching, chest pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea

Feces

40x

Enterobius Vermicularis

Enterobiasis

Ova

Ingestion of pinworm on hands(fomites)

Itching,Diarrhea

Itching, Perianal region

40x

Entamoeba Histolytica

Amoebic Dysentery

Cyst

Ingestion of cysts in h20 and food

Abdominal pain, diarrhea, blood & mucus in feces, nausea, vomitting, and hepatitis

Feces

40x

Giardia Lamblia (troph)

Giardiasis

Ingestion of cyts in H2O

Diarrhea, Deydration and Abdominal pain

Feces

40x

Giardia Lamblia (cyst-oval-line in middle)

Giardiasis

Ingestion on cyst in H2O

Diarrhea, Dehydration and Abdominal pain

Feces

40x

Plasmodium

Malaria

Troph

Bite of Anopheles Mosquito

Anemia,Spleen and Liver damage

Blood

40x

Tyrpanosoma Brucei

Trypanosomiasis

African Sleeping Sickness

Troph

Bite of Tsetse Fly

Headache, Fever, and Anemia

Blood

40x

Trichomonas Vaginalis

Trichomoniasis

Troph

Sexual Intercourse

Infection

Genital Discharge

40x

Toxoplasma Gondi

Cat feces/gardening

Troph

Tissue Transmission

Fetus Still birth/brain damage

Penicillium

Mold

Produces antibiotic Penicillin

Aslo infects lungs, liver and skin

Penicillium (agar-green in color)

Mold

Produces antibiotic Penicillin

Also infects lungs, liver and skin

Aspergillus

Mold

Causes aspergillisis-Bronchialn allergies etc

Aspergillus (Agarplate-Black in color)

Mold

Cause apergillosis-Brochial, allergies etc

Acid fast stain

Mycobacterium

Tuberculosis

 Mycolic acid in the cell walls 

 Acid fast stain does not wash out during decolorization

Rodlike to filamentous

Red color

100x

Capsule stain

Klebsiella

Pneumoniae

Capsule shape

Primary Pneumonia

Capsule is composed of mucoid polysaccharides

repel most stains 

 Neg. stain (does not retain color). Acid stain covers bkgd, basic stain colors cell.

Red with clear halo area where capsules

100x

Endospore Stain

Bacillus-Anthrax

Clostridium-Tetanus&Botulism

Endospore is a dormant form 

 can survive poor environmental conditions for long periods of time

Neg stain

 Chain pattern

Red color, No color in spore

100x

Gram Stain Positive

Staphylococcus-Epidermidis

Round

Inflamation, pain, fever

Blue color

100x

Gram Stain Negative

Escherichia Coli

Rod shape

E.coli infection, Diarrhe, Abdominal pain

Red color

100x

Candida Albicans

Causes thrush in oral cavities, infection in female genitals

Candida Albicans

Causes thrush in oral cavities, infection in female genitals