Common Name Flashcards
Giant intestinal roundworm
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris of dog
Toxocara canis
Eel worm
Ascaris lumbricoides
Whipworm
Trichuris trichiuria
Pudoc worm
Capillaria philippinensis
Pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis
Seat worm
Enterobius vermicularis
Trichina worm
Trichinella spiralis
Pork muscle roundworm
Trichinella spiralis
Threadworm
Strongyloides stercoralis
New world worm
Necator americanus
Old world hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
Dog hookworm
Ancylostoma caninum
Cat hookworm
Ancylostoma braziliense
Bibig ng parasites
Copulatory bursa
Look alike magneto helmet
Trichuris trichiura
Trichuris trichuira female
Pointed
Trichuris trichuira male
Coiled or curve
Trichuris trichuira egg
Bipolar plugs
D shaped
Enterobius vermicularis
Ascaris of cat
Toxocara cati
Bancrofts filarial
Wuchereria bancrofti
Malayan filarial
Brugia malayi
Eye worm
Loa loa
Convoluted filarial
Onchocerca volvulus
Ozzard’s filarial
Mansonella ozzardi
Persistent filarial
Dipetalonema perstans
Guines worm
Dracunculus medinensis
Serpent worm
Dracunculus medinensis
Dragon worm
Dracunculus medinensis
Rat lung worm
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Dog heart worm
Dirofilaria immitis
Free living amoeba
Acanthamoeba castellani
Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba Motility
Acanthapodia - spiny filaments with sluggish and polydirectional movement
Acanthamoeba cysts
Double walled with outer wrinkled wall
Acanthamoeba trophozoite
Uninucleated with central nucleus
Acanthamoeba resides in
Soil, affect children who swallow dirt
Acanthamoeba may cause
Mild pharyngitis
Acathamoeba if reach the brain can cause
Granulomatous encephalitis
Can be taken in contaminated pool
Naegleria fowleri
Naegleri trophozoite, nucleus has
With blunt pseudopodia,
Large karyosomes and cytoplasms has rbc
An amoebaflagellate because it can
Transform into non flagellate stage to resistant cyst
N. Fowleri can cause
Fatal meningoencephalitis
A non pathogenic Naegleria
N. Gruberi
Largest intestinal protozoa
Balantidium coli
B.coli can cause
Balantidial dysentery
Infective stage of balantidium
Cystic stage
Common parasites of pigs and a tissue invader
B. Coli
Lab dx of b.coli
Direct fecal smear
Conc tech
Rectal biopsy
Size of b.coli cysts and trophozoite
45-65
50-70
Cytoplasm with kidney bean shaped macronucleus, vacuoles and cilia
Cysts b.coli
Motility of b.coli
Directional tumbling motility
With macronucleus and spherical micronucleus and 2 contractile vacuoles
Trophozoites b.coli
Unique about trophozoite over cysts
Cytostome cell mouth
Cytopyge cell anus
Other term for flagellates
Zoomastigophora
2 classes of zoomastigophora
Atrial & luminal flagellates
Blood & tissue flagellates
Ex. Of atrial & luminal flagellates
Trichomonas, giardia, chilomastix
Ex of blood and tissue flagellates
Leishmania and trypanosoma
Disease of giardia and can lead to
Giardiasis/lambliasis
Steatorrhea
Fatt y feces
Steatorrhea
A parasite with mammalian and an insect host
Leishmania
Stages of leishmania
Leishmania/ amastigote
Leptomonas/ promastigote
Leishmania that lives intracellularly, oval shape, 2-3u, no flagellum t with nucleus and kinetoplast
Amastigote
Leishmania that occurs in transmitting fly, elongated 15u, with flagellum at the anterior end but no undulating membrane
Leptomonas/ promastigote
Vector of leishmania
Sand flies ( Phlebotomus papataci)
MoT of leishmania
Skin inoculation
Habitats is visceral organs resides in blood cell
L. Donovani
L. Habitats is lymphoid tissues on the skin
L. Tropica
L. On mucous membrane of the nose, ear, mouth, larynx and pharynx
L. Braziliense
Visceral leishmaniasis, kalaazar fever, dumdum fever, death fever, black dse
L. Donovani
Cutaneous leishmaniasis, oriental sore, aleppo, baghdad boil, delhi ulcer
L. Tropica
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, american leishmaniasis, espundia, chiclero’s ulcer
L. Braziliense
Other MoT of Leishmania than skin inoculation
Blood transfusion
Bite wounds
Direct contact
Transplacental transfer
Trichomonas are all commensal except
T, vaginalis
D. Stage of trichomonas and infective stage
T and T
Infective & developmental stage of giardia and chilomastix
C
T and C
Which is pathogenic Giardia or chilomastix
Giardia
Ingestion of viable cyst
Ingestion of viable trophozoite
Giardia lamblia and chilomastix mesnili
Trichomonas hominis
MoT of T. Tenax and vaginalis
Oral contact
Sexual contact
Habitat of G. Intestinals
S. Intestine, upper ileum, duodenum and jejunum
Habitat of T. Hominis and C.mesnili
Large intestine
Habitat of T. Tenax and T. Vaginalis
Buccal cavity
GUT, vagina, prostate, epidydimis
Trichomonas which is smallest insize and have an thick axostyle
T. Hominis
Longest undulating membrane
T. Hominis
Shortest undulating membrane
T. Vaginalis
Responsible for reparatory movement of axostyle
Undulating membrane
Largest in size with split axostyle
T. Vaginalis
How many flagella does trichomonas spp have
5
Lemon shaped nipple shape
Chilomastix mesnili
Size of c. Mesnili in cyst stage
7-10u
Subspherical and ellipsoidal and in what size of cyst
Giardia lamblia and 8-12
Nucleus of C. Mesnili
1
Mature cyst of giardia has how many nucleus?how about young
4
2
Trichomonas 5-12u
T. Hominis
Trichomonas 7-13
T. Tenax
Trichomonas 7-23
T. Vaginalis
Cork screw or jerky motility
Chilomastix mesnili
Kite like or falling leaf like
Giardia lamblia
Old man with eye glasses
Giardia lamblia
Specimen od t.vaginalis
Urine, vaginal,cervical,urethral discharge
With cytostome and fibrils on each site of cytostome
Chilomastix mesnili
With oblique axostyle, pair of parabasal body and remnants of flagella
Giardia lamblia
Difference of chilomastix and giardia in trophozoite
Asymmetrically pear shaped with twisted posterior end
symmetrically pear shaped, tear drop shaped, pointed posteriorly
With large ventral sucking disc central axostyle
Giardia lamblia
With spiral groove across ventral surface with cytostome
C. Mesnili
Semi rigid axostyle
T. Tenax
Axostyle is split into several fibrils
T. Vaginalis
With siderophil granules which can be stained by
T. Vaginalis
Giemsa
Wih scattere fined granules
T. Tenax
Granules are few and descrete
T. Tenax
Travelers diarrhea
Giardia lamblia
May cause malabsorption
Giardia lamblia
May cause gay bowel syndrome
Giardia lambia
With oblique axostyle and quadrinucleated
Cyst stage of giardia lamblia
Tear drop stage bilaterally symmetrical
Trophozoite of giardia lamblia
Can lead to irritation of intestinal that can lead to deficiency of enzyme leading to malabsoprtion
Sucking disk
How many flagella in trophozoite stage of giardia
8 flagella
Sheperds crooked appearance
Chilomastix mesnili
How many flagella does trophozoite chilomastix have?
3 external 1 internal flagellum
Asymmetrical pear shape with spiral groove and eqp. With cytostome
Trophozoite chilomastix mesnili
With fibrils on both side of nucleus
Lemon shape and nipple shaped
Cyst of chilomastix mesnili