Amebas Flashcards
1
Q
25 year old male from lima with 3 week history of fever, weight loss, RUQ pain, chronically ill, pale, anemia, leukocytosis
A
Entamoeba Histolytica
Anchovy paste
2
Q
Flask shaped ulcers
A
E. Histolytica
3
Q
A
flask ulcers e. histolytica
4
Q
Tx of E histolytica
A
Luminal: paromomycin
Tissular: Metronidazole
5
Q
18 year old female from rural trujillo with 3 week history of diarrhea, acute abdomen and sepsis, colonic perforations
A
balantidiasis (Balantidium Coli)
Dx: trophozoite under stool or scrapings from ulcer
Tx: Tetracycline, metronidazoe
6
Q
Bloating, weight loss, foul smelling greasy stools
A
giardia lamblia
tx: metronidazole
