1-free Living Ameba And Ciliates Flashcards
Blood protozoa
Plasmodium
Tissue protozoa
Toxoplasma
Where vital functions of protozoa are carried out
Protoplasm
Sexual reproduction
Syngamy
Transmission of giardia
Fecal oral
Classify: Acanthamoeba Naegleria Babesia Plasmodium Toxopllasma Microsporidium
Sarcodina Sarcodina Apicomplexa Apicomplexa Apicomplexa Microspora
Non pharma tx of Naegleria
Chlorine
Temp
Nacl kcl
Drying
Feeds on gram neg bacteria and yeasts
Acanthamoeba
Small spiny filaments fir locomotion
Acanthapodia
Double walled cyst; inner polygonal
Acanthamoeba
No flagellated stage exist s as part of life cycle
Acanthamoeba
Acanthamoeba mode of teansmission can be through broken skin. T or f?
T
What brain dse does acanthamoeba cause?
Gae
In gae, leptomeninges are?
Opaque w purulent exudates and vascular congestion
Use of contact lenses, not properly cleaned may be cause of?
Amenic keratitis by acanthamoeba