1.2.1 Protozoans (Amoeba) Flashcards
All Amoebas are intestinal except?
E. gingivalis
No chromatoidal bodies / Peripheral chromatin
Endolimax nana
Iodamoeba butchlii
Lately, what ameoba has cyst?
D. fragilis
Trophozoites:
Pseudopod = Long and finger-like
Movement = Progressive unidirectional
Cytoplasm = Clean, no RBC
Peripheral chromatin = Even
Entamoeba histolytica
Trophozoites:
Pseudopod = Round, blunted
Movement = Sluggish, nondirectional
Cytoplasm = Dirty, w/ RBC
Peripheral chromatin = Irregular
Entamoeba coli
Cyst:
Nuclear membrane = Thin
Karyosome = Minute central
Chromatoidal body = Cigar / Sausage
Nucleus = 1-4 (<4)
Entamoeba histolytica
Cyst:
Nuclear membrane = Thick
Karyosome = Eccentric central
Chromatoidal body = Whisk shape/ Splintered glass
Nucleus = 1-8 (>4)
Entamoeba coli
Which among entamoeba is non-pathogenic?
E. coli
Part of E. histolytica that causes cytoadherence
Lecithin
Part of E. histolytica that causes CPE, mucous adhesion
Cysteine proteinase
Part of E. histolytica that causes Cytolysis
Amoebaphores
Infective stage of E. histolytica can also be use for Diagnosis
T or F
T
E. _______ is morphologically like E. histolytica to which in differentiating them is though PCR
dispar
Small Entamoeba
E. hartmanni
Smallest protozoan
Endolimax nana