CILIATA AND MASTIGOPHORA Flashcards
Only ciliate protozoan than infects humans
Balantidium coli
Largest protozoan parasite of human
Balantidium coli
Balantidium coli. Phylum ___, Family ____
Phylum Ciliophora, Family Balantididae
Balantidium coli. Trophozoite
Size: __ in length
30-150 um
Balantidium coli. Trophozoite
Size: __ in width
25-120 um in width
Motility: Rolling ball or thrown-ball
Balantidium coli
Size:40-60 um in diameter, spherical to oval and round in shape, refractile and is double walled
Balantidium coli Cyst
Balantidium coli. Its trophozoite are capable of attacking the intestinal epithelium and creating characteristic ulcer ____ and ___
a rounded base and wide neck
- production of hyaluronidase
Lectin necrosis
causes bloody diarrhea and is categorized as a tissue invader immunocompromised individuals are at risk, especially those with HIV
Balantidium coli
the disease of this parasite (Balantidium coli) which has three forms of clinical manifestation.
Balantidiasis
three forms of clinical manifestation of Balantidiasis.
- Asymptomatic carriers
- Fulminant balantidiasis, or balantidial dysentery
- Chronic form
forms of clinical manifestation of Balantidiasis. those who do not present with diarrhea or dysentery, but may serve as parasite reservoir in the community.
Asymptomatic carriers
forms of clinical manifestation of Balantidiasis. involves diarrhea with bloody and mucoid stools, which is sometimes indistinguishable from amebic dysentery. often associated with immunocompromised and malnourished states
Fulminant balantidiasis, or balantidial dysentery
Fulminant balantidiasis, or balantidial dysentery. Acute cases may have ___ to ___ episodes of diarrhea per day accompanied by abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting
6 to 15 episodes of diarrhea per day
forms of clinical manifestation of Balantidiasis. whereindiarrhea may alternate with constipation, and maybe accompanied by nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain or cramping, anemia, and cachexia.
chronic form
Balantidium coli. Extraintestinal infection. Could spread in ?
mesenteric nodes, appendix, liver, genitourinary sites, pleura, and lungs
Complications of balantidiasis include intestinal perforation and ____
acute appendicitis.
Cases of mortality related to balantidiasis were reported to be associated with
intestinal hemorrhage and shock, intestinal perforation,
Balantidium coli. Cysts and trophozoites can be seen in formed and watery stool direct examination or concentration (___ or ___) techniques
sedimentation or flotation
Balantidium coli. Its life cycle is pass through how many host only
one
Balantidium coli. Natural host:
Pig
Balantidium coli. Accidental host:
Man
Balantidium coli. Reservoirs host:
Pig, monkey, and rat.
Balantidium coli. Infective form:
Cyst
Balantidium coli. Mode of transmission:
Ingestion of mature cyst
Balantidium coli. Prevention and
control
Use of pig feces as fertilizer should also be avoided.
Balantidium coli. Cyst are resistant to environmental conditions and may survive for long periods, but they can be inactivated by heat and by ___
1% NaOH
Balantidium coli. Treatment. 500 mg or 40 mg/kg/dose divided in four doses for
10 days.
Tetracycline
Balantidium coli. Treatment. s contraindicated in children less than eight years of age and in pregnant women.
Tetracycline
Balantidium coli. Treatment. 750 mg three times daily, or 35 to 50 mg/kg
body weight/ day in three divided doses may be given for 5
day
Metronidazole
Balantidium coli. Treatment. may also be given at 650 mg, or 40 mg/kg/dose, divided in three doses for 20 day
Doquinol
Balantidium coli. Treatment. Other alternative treatments for balantidiasis include
doxycycline and nitazoxanide.
Gardia lamblia is initially known as
Cercomonas intestinalis
Gardia lamblia discovered in 1859 by French scientist
Dr. F. Lamb
Also known as Gardia intestinalis,
Gardia lamblia
Gardia lamblia. Trophozoite
Size: ___ long by ___ wide.
9 to 12 µm long by 5 to l5 µm wide
Shape: Teardrop or pyriform, pointed posteriorly with pair of ovoidal nuclei one on each side of the midline
Gardia lamblia
Motility: The parasite is propelled into an erratic tumbling motion or falling leak-like motility
Gardia lamblia.