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3. Protozoa (I) Flashcards

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Disease caused by E. histolytica

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Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis)

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IS of E. histolytica

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Cysts

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3
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DS of E. histolytica

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Cysts

Trophozoites

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4
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Number of nuclei of E. histolytica cysts

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1-4 nuclei

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5
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Diagnostic characteristic for E. histolytica trophozoites

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Ingested RBCs

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6
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Nonpathogenic protozoan identical to E. histolytica

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Entamoeba dispar

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7
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DS of Entamoeba coli

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Cysts

Trophozoites

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Characteristic of E. coli cysts that differentiate it from E. histolytica

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More than 4 nuclei (1-8 nuclei normally)

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9
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Known as “small race” E. histolytica

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Entamoeba hartmanni

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10
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DS of E. hartmanni

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Cysts

Trophozoites

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Protozoan with blot-like karyosome in both cyst and trophozoite stages

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Endolimax nana

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12
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DS of E. nana

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Cysts

Trophozoites

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13
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Protozoan with “basket of flowers”-shaped nucleus in cyst form

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Iodameoba bütschlii

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14
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Protozoan that stains well with iodine

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Iodamoeba bütschlii

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15
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DS of I. bütschlii

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Cysts (recognizable glycogen mass using iodine stain)

Trophozoites

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16
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Protozoan that causes granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE)

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Acanthamoeba spp.

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Protozoan that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

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Naegleria fowleri

18
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Protozoan with a double cell-walled cyst form

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Acanthamoeba spp.

19
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Disease caused by Acanthamoeba spp.

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Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE)

20
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Disease caused by N. fowleri

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Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

21
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Protozoans with no known cyst form

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N. fowleri
D. fragilis
T. hominis
T. vaginalis

22
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The only amoeba with 3 known morphologic forms

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N. fowleri:

  • ameboid trophozoites (only form to exist in humans)
  • flagellates
  • cysts
23
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True/False. N. fowleri can be free living.

24
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Causes Traveler’s diarrhea

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Giardia lamblia

25
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Other names of G. lamblia

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G. intestinalis

G. duodenalis

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IS of G. lamblia

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DS of G. lamblia

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Cysts

Trophozoites

28
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Has trophozoites with sucking disk

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G. lamblia

29
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Associated with E. vermicularis infections; may be transmitted via the eggs of helminth parasites

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Dientamoeba fragilis

30
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IS of D. fragilis

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Trophozoites

31
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Trophozoite has spiral groove

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Chilomastix mesnili

32
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DS of C. mesnili

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Cysts

Trophozoites

33
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Trophozoite has costa

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Trichomonas hominis

34
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DS of T. hominis

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Trophozoites

35
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Jerky motility of trophozoites

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Trichomonas vaginalis

36
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IS of T. vaginalis

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Trophozoites

37
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DS of T. vaginalis

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Trophozoites

38
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The only amoeba pathogenic to the GI tract

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Entamoeba histolytica

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