Balantidum coli “ciliate” Flashcards
1
Q
Importance of B. coli
A
ZOONTONIC: only ciliate known to parasitize humans!!!
2
Q
DH
A
Pigs, primates, horses, bovine, rodents and humans
3
Q
IH
A
none
4
Q
____ life cycle
A
direct
5
Q
Trophozoite is motile or immobile?
A
mobile
6
Q
Trophozoite characteristics
A
horseshoe shaped macronucleus, ciliated
7
Q
direct smear will show
A
motile, ciliated trophozoites
8
Q
Cysts are shed into ___
A
feces
9
Q
in order to see cysts, use floatation with _____ ____
A
zinc sulfate
10
Q
Infective stage for DH
A
cysts in feces
11
Q
site of infection
A
large intestine
12
Q
Route of infection
A
fecal to oral route
13
Q
cysts in host feces are ingested> trophozoites excyst in ____> colonize in _____and encyst in ____> then cyst and trophozoite are excreted
A
SI; LI; LI
14
Q
PPP
A
4-5 days
15
Q
Clinical signs in pigs
A
usually asympt or, unlikely, diarrhea or colitis
