CILIATES AND FLAGELLATES Flashcards
largest protozoan parasites
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
Balantidum coli
- C.A : Balantidiasis
- LARGEST PROTOZOAN PARASITES affecting humans and the only ciliate known to cause human disease
- motility : Boring or rotary
motility : boring
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
balantidium coli
motility : Boring or Rotary
only ciliates that cause human disease
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
balantidium coli
common on pigs
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
balantidium coli
B - Baboy / Pigs
what parasite has a pathologic finding large ventral sucking
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
giardia duodenalis / giardia lamblia
- binucleated flagellated trophozoites (large ventral sucking discs )
most common intestinal pathogenic protozoan ofman in U.S
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
giardia lamblia
this parasite is widely implicated in waterborne and foodborne outbreaks in US
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
giardia lamblia
motility : falling leaf
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
giardia lamblia
this parasites mimic the travelers diarrhea
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
giardia lamblia
- this infection mimic ACUTE VIRAL ENTERITIS , BACILLARY DYSENTRY , BACTERIAL POISONING AND TRAVELLERS DIARRHEA
Balantidium coli
- mucoid and bloody diarrhea
entero - string test is for:
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
giardia duodenalis
> Entero- String test
> Antigen detection : Current test of chioce for diagnosis
what parasites it trophozoite is Pathogenic Spiral Groove and cytostomal fibrils resembling SHEPHERD MASK
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
Chilomastix mesnili
> Trophozoite : Pathogenic Spiral Groove and cytostomal fibrils resembling SHEPHERD MASK
> Cysts: Lemon shaped or NIpple shaped
which of the following parasites has a lemon shaped cysts
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
chilomastix mesnili
> Trophozoite : Pathogenic Spiral Groove and cytostomal fibrils resembling SHEPHERD MASK
> Cysts: Lemon shaped or NIpple shaped
which of the following parasite is considered as STD
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichomonas vaginalis
- Considered as STD
what parasite has a jerky motility
a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia duodenalis
c. Chilomastix mesnili
d. Trichomonas vaginalis
trichomonas vaginalis
- considered as STD
- motility : jerky or tumbling motility
jerky kaya nag ka std
when trichomonas vaginalis is not moving it may resemble:
a. rbc
b. wbc
c. platelets
d. aota
when trichomonas vaginalis is not moving it may resemble:
- WBC AND TRANSITIONAL
!! LOOK FOR THE FLAGELLA IF NO MOTILITY
______ staining method often used to identfiy trichomonads
a. gram stain
b. acid fast stain
c. H & e staning
d. Pap’s
Pap’s
most common urine parasite
a. Giardia lamblia
b. Chilomastix mesnili
c. Trichomonas vaginalis
d. Retortomonas intestinalis
trichomonas vaginalis
this parasites has a Pear shaped or SLIGHTLY LEMON shaped
a. Giardia lamblia
b. Chilomastix mesnili
c. Trichomonas vaginalis
d. Retortomonas intestinalis
Retortomonas intestinalis
- Pear shaped or SLIGHTLY LEMON shaped
- resemble Chilomestix mesnili cysts
which of the following resembles Endolimax nana
a. Enteromonas hominis
b. Retertomonas intestinalis
c. chilomastix mesnili
d. trichomonas vaginalis
enteromonas hominis
this parasites ha s a SHADOW outline of cytostome with supporting fibrils above nucleus
a. Enteromonas hominis
b. Retertomonas intestinalis
c. chilomastix mesnili
d. trichomonas vaginalis
retertomonas intestinalis
it has BIRDS BEAK fibril arrangement
a. Enteromonas hominis
b. Retertomonas intestinalis
c. chilomastix mesnili
d. trichomonas vaginalis
retertomonas intestinalis
this parasite has a four anterior flagella, long slender axostyle,short undulating membrane that extends half of body length
a. Enteromonas hominis
b. Retertomonas intestinalis
c. chilomastix mesnili
d. trichomonas vaginalis
trichomonas vaginalis
giardia lamblia is commonly found at
a. urine
b. crypts in the duodenum
c. urethral fluid
d. vaginal discharge
giardia duodenalis (G. lamblia) - most commonly found at crypts in the duodenum
Trichomonas Vaginalis
- urine , urethral fluid and vaginal discharge
one of the following protozoans organisms has been implicated in WATERBORNE AND FOODBRONE outbreaks in US. the suspect organism is
a. pentatrichomonas hominis
b. dientamoeba fragilis
c. giardia lamblia
d. balantidium coli
ans : c
for a number of years G. lamblia has been implicated in both waterborne and foodborne outbreaks from the ingestion of infective cysts within contaminated water and food
