Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Parasite diagnosis
Diagnosing parasites based on stain
39
Microbiology
Professional
05/10/2012

Additional Microbiology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Entamoeba histolytica
Definition
Amoebas with central karyosome or cysts with 1-4 nuceli
Term
Dientamoeba fragilis
Definition
Round amoebas with two nuclei; In water they swell and granules in cytoplasm exhibit Brownian movement
Term
Blastocystis hominis
Definition
Round cysts with large vacuole surrounded by several small dark nuclei and thick slime capsule
Term
Acanthamoeba castellani
Definition
Star-like cysts
Term
Naegleria fowleri
Definition
Motile amoebas with large karyosome in CSF or brain biopsy
Term
Balantidium coli
Definition
Trophozoites or cysts with kidney-shaped macronuclei
Term
Cryptosporidium
Definition
4-6 micron, round oocysts with 4 pyriform-shaped nuclei
Term
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Definition
Glassy, wrinkled spherical oocysts
Term
Isosporiasis
Definition
Ovoid, unsporulated oocysts with two layered wall
Term
Toxoplasma gondii
Definition
Pyriformed shaped tachyzoites or cysts
Term
Giardia lamblia
Definition
Flagellated trophozoites with two nuclei
Cysts with four nuclei with axostyles
Term
Trichomonas vaginalis
Definition
Pyriform, flagellated, motile trophozoites in vaginal wet preps
Term
Microsporidia spp.
Definition
Spores with central waistbands, a coiled polar tubule and two nuclei
Term
Leishmaniasis
Definition
Intracellular amastigotes in biopsies of liver, bone marrow, spleen, or skin lesions
Term
Plasmodium spp.
Definition
Merozoites, schizonts, or gametocytes in human blood smears
Term
Trypanosome cruzi
Definition
Xenodiagnosis
Term
Alaria americana
Definition
Tunnel lesions in involved organ or
Mesocercarial larvae in tissue
Term
Clonorchis and Opisthorchis
Definition
Small, thick-shelled, operculated eggs
Term
Schistosomiasis
Definition
Operculated eggs with one SPINE
Term
Schistosomes dermatitis
Definition
Clinical symptoms along with larvae in tissue biopsies of skin only.
Term
Diphyllobothrium Latum
Definition
THIN-shelled, ovoid, operculated eggs
Term
Dipylidium caninum
Definition
Gravid pro glottis seen leaving anus or
Egg packets containing multiple eggs with onchospores in feces
Term
Hymenolepis diminuta and nana
Definition
Ovoid, thin-shelled egg containing ONCHOSPORES
Term
Taeniasis
Definition
Eggs with hexacanth embryos and radially striated shells
Term
Ancylostomiasis
Definition
Thin-shelled eggs with bluntly rounded ends containing embryo in 4-8 cell stage, seen in feces
Term
Ascariasis
Definition
Ovid-shaped egg with thick, rough outer covering
Term
Enterobiasis
Definition
Thin-shelled eggs with well-developed embryos and asymmetric flat side that will be found on transparent tape placed in anal region
Term
Strongyloidiasis
Definition
Larvated, thin-shelled eggs in feces and filariforM larvae in bronchial washings
Term
Cutaneous larva migrans
Definition
Clinical symptoms consisting of serpingious tunnels in epidermis, and history of exposure to larvae.
Term
Trichinosis
Definition
Encysted larvae in muscle biopsy
Term
Filariasis
Definition
MICROFILARIAE, in a sac-like sheath, in blood or lymph node biopsies
Term
Dilofilariasis
Definition
Clinical symptoms consisting of coin-shaped lesions in skin or lungs, by x-ray, history of exposure
Term
Loiasis
Definition
Appearance of Calabar swellings, microfilariae in blood or developing worms migrating under conjunctivae or skin.
Term
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Definition
Mazzotti test
Term
Louse infections
Definition
History of contact with the insect that causes toxic follicular conjunctivitis
Term
Myiasis
Definition
History of contact with larvae that fall out of skin.
Term
Trombidiosis
Definition
History of bite after walking through tall weeds or grass
Term
Scabies
Definition
KOH digestion reviles round mites with short legs
Term
Latrodectus mactans (black widow)
Definition
History of bite with bluish-red center. Or capture of arthropod with red hour glass on underside of its abdomen
Supporting users have an ad free experience!