Compilations Flashcards
Opportunisitc protozoa:
Acanthamoeba
American Trypanosome
Babesia
Toxoplasma gondi
Isospora beli
Cryptosporidium
L.athiopica and DCL
Protozoa have no cyst stage:
D. Fragilis
E.gingivalis
Trichomonas vaginalis
Obstructive jaundice
Giardia lambia
Hypoplastic anemia:
Leishmania
African trypanosome
Dysentry may result in the following :
E.Histolytica
-D.fragilis
-Balantidium coli
-Visral Leishmania
-Malignant malaria
-Trichuris Trichuri
-Strongyloids
-Schistosoma Mansoni
Normocytic (haemolytic)
Malaria
Babesia
Abortion may result in the following:
American Trypanosoma
-Malignant Malaria
-Toxoplasma gondi
Hepatomegaly and Splenomegaly:
Viseral Leishmania
-Malignant malaria
-Babesia
-American Trypanosoma
-Toxoplasma gondi
Role of Insects in Protozoal infection:
Flies transmits cyst of E.histolytica to food & Water
-Stomoxys transmit cutanous Leishmania from open
ulcer to intact skin
-Sand fly transmit Leishmania
Glossina transmit African Trypanasoma
-Reduvid bug or Triatoma megistus transmit American
Trypanosoma
-Female of Anopheles mosquito transmit malaria
-Hard tick Transmit Babesia by bite
Important diagnostic test :
E.histolytica : stool examination
-Gardia lamblia : String test
-Old world cutanous Leishmania: culture on NNN media
+ Leishmania montengro test
-Viseral Leishmania : Culture on NNN media
-African Trypanosoma : cord agglutination
-American Trypanosoma : Culture on NNN media
-Malaria : Provocation test
- Babesia :thin & thick blood film
-Toxoplasma gondii : sabin Feldman dye test
-Viseral Leishmania : Bone marrow smear
-American Trypanosoma : Xenodiagnosis
Occur in Libya:
L.donovani infantum
-Urbon form of cutanous Leishmania
Causes malabsorption:
Giardia Lamblia
-Isospora
Causes autoinfection:
Giardia lamblia
-Cryptosporidum (ext & internal)
Zoonotic disease :
Mucocutenous Leishmania
-Viseral Leishmania
-American Trypanosoma
-Cryptospordum
-Trichinella Spiralis
-Cystic Hydated disease (cystid+alveolar)
-cutanous Leishmania of new world
Causes malabsorption:
Giardia Lamblia
-Isospora