Ch3: Blood &Tissue protozoa Flashcards
Plasmodium Disease
Malaria
how many phases does plasmodium have?
2 phases
What is the 2 infective stages of plasmodium?
sporozoites (mosquito) and schizonts (blood)
what is the final host for plasmodium?
The sexual cycle in mosquitoes, (final host).
what is the intermediate host for Plasmodium
The asexual cycle “schizogony “in humans (intermediate hosts)
what are the 4 possible modes of infection?
Mosquito bites, across placenta, Blood transfusions, Intravenous drug abuse
pathologic findings of malaria result from
from the destruction of red blood cells.
what does malaria present itself with?
abrupt onset of fever and chills.
what are the 4 types of plasmodium
vivax, malariae, ovale, falciparum
how many hours does the p.malarie fever cycle last? What’s the name that was given to it based on that?
72 hours and quartan malaria
how many hours does the p.vivax fever cycle last? What’s the name that was given to it based on that?
48 hours and tertian malaria
how many hours does the p.ovale fever cycle last? What’s the name that was given to it based on that?
48 hours and tertian malaria
how many hours does the p.falciparum fever cycle last? What’s the name that was given to it based on that?
less than 48 hours and sub tertian or malginant malaria
what are the 3 clinical findings for plasmodium
malarial paroxysms,anemia, and enlarged spleen and liver
malarial paroxysms has 3 stages what are they? and how long do they last?
Cold stage: patient feels cold, shivers last for about ½ hr. Hot stage: fever, dry skin lasts for 1-4 hrs. Sweating stage: profuse sweating and temperature is falling lasts for 1-4 hrs.
which causes the most severe malaria out of the plasmodiums?
P. falciparum is more severe (malignant malaria) than that caused by other plasmodia
which plasmodium is characterized by infection of moreee
RBCs
what is the most distributed type of plasmodium?
P. falciparum
What are the 2 plasmodium types from tropical area?
P.ovale and p.falciparum
p.falciparum causes the occulsion of ______ that aggregates of________
capillaries and parasitized red cells
adhesion phenomena
Occlusion of the capillaries with aggregates of parasitized red cells
adhesion phenomena with P.falciparum leads to 4 things:
-Cerebral malaria,
-algid form (w/ peripheral circulatory failure),
-Gastrointestinal form(dysentery)
-hemoglobinuria (black water fever)
hemoglobinuria
black water fever
lab diagnosis for plasmodium what is the smear type?
through microscopic examination of blood Giemsa-stained smears
all stages can be seen in blood film with_______
individual differences in morphology with each plasmodium species.
can all stages be seen with plasmodium falciparum
NO only ring stages and gametocytes are seen in blood films because of adhesion phenomena.
what are the 3 treatments for plasmodium and their function?
Quinine: schizonticidal and gametocidal.
Primaquine: gametocidal and destroys the secondary tissue phase in the liver (radical cure).
Proguanil: destroys the primary tissue stages in the liver and so used as prophylaxis.
3 prevention for plasmodium
Treatment of cases, Vector control, Chemoprophylaxis.
2 types of relapses
True relapse and False relapse (recrudescence
which plasmodium species have true relapse?
with P. vivax and P. ovale.
which 2 plasmodium has false relapse
p. falciparum (tropical) and p. malaria
what is true relpase for malaria?
the merozoites released from the liver cells invade the RBCs and some reinvade the liver cells again (secondary tissue phase).
What is false relapse
when all liver merozoites invade RBCs with no reinvasion of the liver cells.
The relapse is due the dormant merozoites in RBCs.
what disease does babesia cause
Babesiosis
what is the infection type of babesia? and of what type of parasite ?
Zoonotic infection of a protozoan parasite “Babesia”
babesia tramsitted through a
tick bite
2 additional transmission routes for babesia
Congenital/perinatal
and Blood transfusion of blood from an infected donor.
what individuals does babesia primarily affect? (3)
Primarily affects immunocompromised/suppressed, especially asplenic and/or elderly patients.
what is babesias infection similar to?
Malaria-like” infection.
what disease does Toxoplasma gondii cause
toxoplasmosis.