4/1 micro Flashcards
Giardia lamblia
-how does it cause steattorhea?
- inflammation and villous atrophy of the small bowel/gut.
- adheres to intestinal brush border and releases molecules that induce a mucosal inflammatory response.
- causes injury to duodenal and jejunal mucosa.
Giardia lamblia
- major immune response against it?
- which pts at inc. risk?
- CD4 & IgA
- Bruton’s agamma, CVID, & IgA deficient pts
Entamoeba histolytica
-what can it cause?
- bloody diarrhea, liver abscess (“anchovy paste”exudate)
- RUQ pain (histology shows flask-shaped ulcer if submucosal abscess of colon ruptures).
Entamoeba histolytica: Dx:
- what will biopsy show?
- what will stool show?
- biopsy: trophozoites (with RBCs in the cytoplasm).
- stool: cysts (with up to 4 nuclei).
*also serology
Entamoeba histolytica: Tx
- for symptomatic pts:
- for asymptomatic cyst passers:
- Metronidazole
- iodoquinol for asymptomatic cyst passers.
Cryptosporidium
-how does it stain?
acid fast
Cryptosporidium
-Tx:
- Prevention (by filtering city water supplies)
- nitazoxanide in immunocompetent hosts.
nitazoxanide
-used for what?
To treat Cryptosporidium in immunocompromised hosts.
Congenital toxoplasmosis
- classic triad:
- mnemonic:
- CHIC
- Chorioretinitis, Hydrocephalus, Intracraniel Calcification.
Choroid of eye
-what is it?
The vascular layer of the eye, containing connective tissue, and lying between the retina and the sclera.
toxoplasmosis
-how to Dx?
-Serology, biopsy (tachyzoite).
toxoplasmosis
-Tx:
Sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
Congenital toxoplasmosis
-how will baby present?
-pregnant pts, baby can have hydrocephaly, progressive blindness. Also, baby can be born asymptomatic but by their late teenage years, can start to lose vision.
Cryptosporidium & T. gondii
-what is our defense against them?
They’re intracellular, so CD8.
Naegleria fowleri
- Dx:
- Tx:
- Amoebas in spinal fluid.
- Amphotericin B - although most pts die.
Trypanosoma brucei
-what does it cause?
African sleeping sickness: enlarged lymph nodes, recurring fever (due to antigenic variation), somnolence, coma.
Trypanosoma brucei
- transmission?
- how is its vector different than chagas?
- Tsetse fly, a painful bite.
- Chagas caused by reduvid bug = painless bite.
Trypanosoma brucei
- Tx:
- menmonic:
“it SURe is nice to go to sleep”; MELAtonin helps w/ sleep”.
- SURamin for blood-borne disease.
- MELArsoprol for CNS penetration
P. vivax/ovale
- fever pattern? aka?
- Tx for dormant form?
- 48 hrs = tertian.
- dormant form (hypnozoite) in liver = give primaquine.
*test for G6PD def. before starting primaquine.
P. falciparum
- fever pattern?
- besides fevers, what can it cause?
- irregular fever pattern.
- parasitized RBCs occlude capillaries in brain (cerebral malaria), kidneys, lungs.
P. malariae
-fever pattern? aka?
-72-hr cycle (quartan).
Malaria
-Dx:
Blood smear:
- trophozoite ring form within RBC.
- schizont containing merozoites.
chloroquine
-how does it treat malaria?
Blocks Plasmodium heme polymerase.
Malaria
- 1st line Tx:
- what if their resistant to first line:
- begin with chloroquine.
- if resistant, use mefloquine or atovaquone/proguanil.
Malaria
-if life threatening: treat w/what?
-use IV quinidine (test for G6PD deficiency).
Vivax/ovale
-what do you have to add to the Tx?
-add primaquine for hypnozoite (test for G6PD deficiency).
Babesia
-what will blood smear show?
Blood smear, ring form, “Maltese cross”.
Babesia
-Tx:
Atovaquone + azithromycin.
Babesia
-mnemonic:
Tetrad = think meiosis = think baby = think babesiosis
Babies are carried in mother = think of coinfection w/Borrelia
-I want an AA baby = atovaquone + azithromycin
Trypanosoma cruzi
-mnemonic:
Tom Cruise (Cruzi) is a huge ass (megacolon), who is pretty hard to swallow (megaesophagus/achalasia), but he has a big heart (dilated cardiomyopathy) and he knows how to kiss red lips” (transmitted by Reduvid bug, aka kissing bug).
Chagas disease:
- which bug?
- what does it cause?
- trypanosoma cruzi
- dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon, megaesophagus/achalasia; predominantly in South America.
Chagas diease
- common early sign?
- what type of heart condition can it cause?
- periorbital swelling = common early sign of chagas.
- dilated cardiomyopathy
Chagas diease
-Tx:
Tom cruise drives a “benz” and gets Nifer botOX.
-Benznidazole or nifurtimox.
Leishmania donovani
- Sxs:
- mnemonic:
- donovan frankenreiter -> big drinker, big liver and spleen.
- spiking fevers, pancytopenia.
Leishmania donovani
- Tx:
- mnemonic:
-donovan gets a lot of ASS = Amphotericin b, Sodium Stibogluc.
Leishmania donovani
- vector:
- mnemonic:
-donovan lives on beach = sand = sandfly
Leishmania donovani
-what two forms of disease can it cause?
- Visceral infection - MASSIVE splenomegaly.
- Cutaneous infection: ulcerating skin sore at site of the bite. Most will heal spontaneously over a year.
Trichomonas vaginalis
- vaginitis or vaginosis?
- color of discharge?
- itching/burning?
- vaginitis
- greenish discharge
- yes
Trichomonas vaginalis
- how is the cervix described?
- Tx:
- Strawberry cervix.
- Metronidazole for patient and partner (prophylaxis).
Intestinal Nematode
- aka?
- mnemonic?
- Intestinal roundworms
- nematodes are NASA-E (nasty).
Intestinal Nematodes
- name them
- mnemonic
- nematodes are NASA-E (nasty).
- Necator americanus
- Ancylostoma duodenate
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- Ascaris lumbricoides
- Enterobius vermicularis
Intestinal Nematodes
- Tx? mnemonic?
- exception?
Worms BEND, BEND them enough and they break(die).
Bendazoles + pyrantel pamoate
-except strongyloides = ivermectin.
Tissue nematodes
- aka?
- mnemonic?
- tissue roundworms
- TOWL
Tissue nematodes
- name them
- mnemonic
TOWL
- toxocara canis
- onchocerca volvulus
- wucheria bancrofti
- Loa Loa
Cestodes
- aka?
- menmonic?
- tapeworms
- TED’s tape
Cestodes
- name them
- mnemonic
TED’s tape
- Taenia saginatum/solium
- Echinococcus graunlosis
- Diphyllobothrium latum
Cestodes + trematodes
- Tx?
- exception:
- praziquantel
- except echinococcus granulosis = albendazole.
Trematodes
- aka? aka?
- mnemonic?
- flukes = flatworms
- SS fluke
Trematodes
- name them
- mnemonic
SS fluke
- schistosoma
- clonorchis sinensis
Enterobius vermicularis
- aka?
- menmonic:
- Tx:
- pinworm
- verm = worm, aris = anus.
- the scotch tape worm.
- Tx: bendazole or pyrantel pamoate.
Ascaris lumbricoides
- aka
- connection w/intermitten RUQ pain?
- Tx:
- giant roundworm
- can invade biliary tree & lead to brown pigment stones.
- Tx: bendazole or pyrantel pamoate.
Strongyloides stercoralis
- transmission?
- what kind of pain can it cause?
- Tx:
- Larvae in soil penetrate the skin.
- PUD-like epigastric pain.
- Tx: ivermectin or albendazole.
- can also cause pneumonia during their path to the intestines.
How do larvae that penetrate your skin make it to your GI tract?
- Infectious (filariform) larvae penetrate the skin of feet, enter bloodstream, & transported to lungs. The larvae enter alveoli & ascend toward trachea, causing respiratory tract inflammation (can manifest as pneumonia).
- Larvae pass from the trachea to pharynx, & when swallowed the larvae mature into adults in s. intestines to attach to the mucosa.
- Initially causes gastroenteritis, but secretion of anticoagulant and consumption of blood results in anemia.
- Adults mate in the lumen of the intestine, allowing eggs to be shed in the feces.
immune response against invasive helminths?
Eonsinophils
Invasive intestinal helminths:
-what kind of immune response?
- invasive ones = strongyloides, ancylostoma, necator.
- eosinophillic response.
Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus
- aka?
- transmission?
- main Sx?
- hookworms
- Larvae penetrate skin.
- microcytic anemia, they suck your blood.
- can also cause pneumonia during their path to the intestines.
Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus
-Tx:
-bendazoles or pyrantel pamoate.
Onchocerca volvulus
- what class?
- transmission?
- mnemonic?
- tissue nematode
- Female blackfly bite
- “ochocinco” is black = blackfly bite, black skin nodules, “black sight”. He does NOT swim in the river!
Onchocerca volvulus
- Tx:
- mnemonic:
-Ivermectin (ivermectin for river blindness).
river blindness
-cause?
Onchocerca volvulus
Loa loa
- what class?
- transmission?
- tissue nematode.
- Deer fly, horse fly, mango fly.
Loa loa
-what it cause?
Swelling in skin, worm in conjunctiva.
-does NOT cause blindness.
Onchocerca volvulus vs Loa loa
-which one can cause blindness?
Onchocerca volvulus.
Loa loa & Wuchereria bancrofti
-Tx:
Diethylcarbamazine
Diethylcarbamazine
-what is it?
Tx for Loa loa & Wuchereria bancrofti.
Nematodes
- Ingested:
- mnemonic:
You’ll get sick if you EAT these!
-Enterobius, Ascaris, Toxocara
Nematodes
-cutaneous:
These get into your feet from the SANd.
-Strongyloides, Ancylostoma, Necator.
Nematodes
-Bite:
Lay LOW to avoid getting bitten.
-Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria bancrofti.
Taenia solium
- what class?
- aka?
- Tapeworm = cestode
- pork tapeworm.
Taenia solium
- What do you consume to become definitive host?
- what do you consume to become intermediate host?
- larvae from pork => definitive host.
- eggs from fecal-oral => intermediate.
Taenia solium:
- definitive host => which Sxs
- intermediate host => which Sxs
- definitive host => intestinal infection + poop out eggs.
- intermediate host => cysticercosis/neurocysticercosis.
Taenia solium
- Tx for intestinal infection:
- Tx for neurocysticercosis:
- praziquantel for intestinal
- albendazole for neurocysticercosis
Diphyllobothrium latum
- what class?
- aka?
- cestode = tapeworm.
- fish tapeworm.
Diphyllobothrium latum
-transmission?
Ingestion of larvae from raw freshwater fish.