Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Human Parasitic Protists
Human Parasitic Protists
17
Medical
Graduate
06/07/2010

Additional Medical Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Entamoeba histolytica
Definition
Amoeba
Mild Watery Diarrhea --> Dysentery
Liver Abscess
Tx: Metronidazole (Systemic)
Term
Entamoeba dispar
Definition
Amoeba
Nonpathological
Term
Naegleria
Definition
Mature Amoeba Only
Fresh water lakes
Fatal
Term
Acanthamoeba
Definition
Keratoconjuctivitis in Contact Lens Wearers
Term
Balamuthia
Definition
Granulomatous skin lesions in compromised patients
Term
Trichomonas
Definition
Trichomonas
Vaginitis
Dx: Pear shaped organisms on WET MOUNT
Term
Giardia lamblia
Definition
Diplomonad
Campers/hikers
Foul smelling, fatty stools
Tx: Metronidazole
Term
Cryptosporidium
Definition
Sporozoan
Watery diarrhea, presents 1-2 weeks after infection
Dx: Acid-Fast Oocyst
Term
Iospora
Definition
Sporozoan
Watery Diarrhea
Dx: Eosinophilia
Tx: Bactrim
Term
Cyclospora
Definition
Sporozoan
Watery Diarrhea
Outbreak in raspberries/basil
Tx: Bactrim
Term
Microsporidia
Definition
Sporozoan
Encephalitozoon: Chronic diarrhea AND extraintestinal disease
Enterocytozoon: Chronic diarrhea and wasting
Dx: TRICHROME
Tx: None approved
Term
Toxoplasmosis
Definition
Sporozoan
Spread by cats and uncooked meat (oocyst)
Trnsplacental migration --> Chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcification in neonates
Dx: Serology, Ring enhancing lesions
Tx: Pyrimethamine, sulfdiazine
Term
Malaria
Definition
Sporozoan
Plasmodium Vivax, Ovale, Malirae, Falciparum
See your own notes
Term
Leishmania
Definition
Kinetoplast
Transmitted: Sandfly
Concern: Leshmania Donovani - Visceral leshmania (fever, hepatospenomegaly, often fatal); India
Tx: Pentavalent antimonials
Term
Babesiosis
Definition
Transmitted by ixodes tick (same as lyme)
Similar to malaria
Term
Trypanosoma cruzi
Definition
Kinetoplastid
Transmission - Reduviid bugs
Presents like syphilis
Cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus
Term
African Trypanosomiasis
Definition
Kinetoplast
Gambiensi - Western
Rodesiensis - Eastern
Transmission - Tsetse fly
Clinical - Recurring fever (VSG - Variable surface glycoproteins that change)
Tx: Melarsoprol (enters CNS); Suramin (hematolyphatic only)
Supporting users have an ad free experience!