1.2.1 Protozoans (Amoeba) Flashcards

1
Q

All Amoebas are intestinal except?

A

E. gingivalis

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2
Q

No chromatoidal bodies / Peripheral chromatin

A

Endolimax nana

Iodamoeba butchlii

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3
Q

Lately, what ameoba has cyst?

A

D. fragilis

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4
Q

Trophozoites:
Pseudopod = Long and finger-like
Movement = Progressive unidirectional
Cytoplasm = Clean, no RBC
Peripheral chromatin = Even

A

Entamoeba histolytica

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5
Q

Trophozoites:
Pseudopod = Round, blunted
Movement = Sluggish, nondirectional
Cytoplasm = Dirty, w/ RBC
Peripheral chromatin = Irregular

A

Entamoeba coli

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6
Q

Cyst:
Nuclear membrane = Thin
Karyosome = Minute central
Chromatoidal body = Cigar / Sausage
Nucleus = 1-4 (<4)

A

Entamoeba histolytica

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7
Q

Cyst:
Nuclear membrane = Thick
Karyosome = Eccentric central
Chromatoidal body = Whisk shape/ Splintered glass
Nucleus = 1-8 (>4)

A

Entamoeba coli

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8
Q

Which among entamoeba is non-pathogenic?

A

E. coli

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9
Q

Part of E. histolytica that causes cytoadherence

A

Lecithin

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10
Q

Part of E. histolytica that causes CPE, mucous adhesion

A

Cysteine proteinase

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11
Q

Part of E. histolytica that causes Cytolysis

A

Amoebaphores

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12
Q

Infective stage of E. histolytica can also be use for Diagnosis

T or F

A

T

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13
Q

E. _______ is morphologically like E. histolytica to which in differentiating them is though PCR

A

dispar

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14
Q

Small Entamoeba

A

E. hartmanni

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15
Q

Smallest protozoan

A

Endolimax nana

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16
Q

Has no cyst that causes pyorrhea alveolaris

A

Entamoeba gingivalis

17
Q

Endolimax nana (Karyosome)

Trophozoite: cross-eye

Cyst: Blot-like

T or F

A

F

Baligtad

18
Q

Cyst of Endolimax nana contains how many nuclei?

A

4

19
Q

Endolimax nana has no chromatin
which indicated not true amoeba

T or F

A

T

20
Q

What is the infective stage for E. histolytica?

A

Cyst

21
Q

Trophozoite: Large karyosome surrounded by granules

Cyst: 1 nuclei with large glycogen vacuole

A

Iodamoeba butchlii

22
Q

This amoeba contains spiny hyaline extensions

A

Acanthamoeba sp.

23
Q

What do you call the spiny hyaline extensions of Acanthamoeba?

A

Acanthopods

24
Q

Which of the following are non pathogenic:

E. coli
E. gingivalis
Iodamoeba butchlii
Endolimax nana

A

All of them

25
Q

What is the infective stage for Acanthamoeba?

A

Trophozoite

26
Q

Causes amebic liver abcess (ALA)

A

E. histolytica

27
Q

amebic liver abcess looks like a?

A

Anchovy sauce

28
Q

E. histolytica

Amoebic dysentery (Flask shaped ulcer) is seen in the ________

A

colon

29
Q

Indication of infection for E. histolytica that is cause by eosinphils

A

Charcot leyden Crystals

30
Q

This amoeba causes disease from contact lens, Corneal infection, Chronic meningoencephalitis in Immunocompromised, and Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis

A

Acanthamoeba sp.

31
Q

Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis is usually and quite common in Acanthamoeba

T or F

A

T

32
Q

Immunocompromised patients are more likely to get disease from Acanthamoeba than healthy person

T or F

A

T