CTH Flashcards
What is Naegleria?
Where is it found?
Naegleria is a free-living ameba.
It is commonly found in warm fresh water (such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs) and soil.
How does Naegleria fowleri infect people?
Naegleria fowleri infects people when water containing the ameba enters the body through the nose.
Where is Naegleria fowleri found?
Naegleria fowleri lives in warm fresh water and soil around the world. The amebae may be present in any freshwater body in the United States, regardless of the state, especially during the warmer months of July, August, and September.
What organism causes Amebiasis
Protozoa
Amebiasis transmission route
Fecal Oral - Male-male sex
Amebiasis symptoms
Cramps
Diarrhea (bloody)
Weight loss
Four kinds of Atnhrax
Cutaneous, Ingestion, Injection, & Inhalation
Medication used to treat GI Worms (Helminth)
Mebendazole
Types of Malaria
Plasmodium falciparum: most lethal, most drug-resistant (sub-Saharan Africa)
P. vivax: relapsing species, widest geographic distribution
P. ovale: relapsing species (western areas of sub-Saharan Africa)
P. malariae: AKA ‘benign’ malaria (mild course)
P. knowlesi: found throughout Southeast Asia, and is the most common cause of human malaria in Malaysia
Malaria Fevers
P knowlesi is daily
P vivax and P ovale malaria, every 48 hr, tertian
P malariae every 72 hours, quartan malaria
What does a mosquito inject to cause Malaria?
Sporozoites
Malaria type and name of reproduction in Hepatocytes?
Asexual
Schixogony
Malaria post-reproduction in Hepatocytes
Merozoites
Term and phase for Merozoites feeding
Endocytosis in Erythrocytes
What does Malaria do with Hemoglobin?
Create Hemozoin Crystals
Malaria product that multiplies in Erythrocytes
Merozoites
Malaria: After the Erythrocytic phase what two things happen?
Some undergo Gametogony, forming male and female Gametocytes which remain in red blood cells and are picked up by other mosquitoes
Malaria: Where does sexual reproduction occur? What happens? Term?
In the mosquito’s abdomen. Gametocytes merge to form a Zygote. “Sporogony”
Malaria: Sexual vs Asexual terms? Locations?
Sexual: Sporogony (In Mosquito)
Asexual: Schixogony in Erythrocytes
Microscopic diagnosis for Malaria
Thin Blood Smear: Rapid & minimal experience
Thick Blood Smear: Accurate & More experience
Malaria reproduction in mosquito
Gametocytes merge to form a Zygote. “Sporogony”
Zygote matures to Ookinete –> Oocyst –> Sporoszoites
Quinoline Derivative Mechanism of Action? Term?
Interfere with the processing of toxic heme to Hemozoin Crystals in food vacuoles.
Schizonticidal.
Medications to kill Hypnozoites
Primaquine (Given with Schizonticidal)
Primaquine Contraindication
Anemia & G6PD deficiency
Pregnancy (Hemolysis in Fetus)
Artemisinin Derivative Mechanism of Action,
Bind to heme to form free radicals.
Schizonticidal.
First Choice medication for treatment of Chloroquine resistant Malaria?
Artemisinin Derivative
Cause of Giardiasis
Protozoa
Giardiasis Route
Fecal Oral
Giardiasis Tolerant to…
Chlorine
Giardiasis common transmission route
Drinking and Recreational water
Anti-malaria Contra indicated in Pregnancy.
Doxycycline: Teratogenic
Primiquin: Infant cannot be tested for G6PD
Atovaquone-Proguanil: Also if Breasteading
Malaria drugs of choice for pregnant women.
Chloroquine and mefloquine are the drugs of choice for pregnant women for destinations with chloroquine-sensitive and chloroquine-resistant malaria, respectively.
First choice medication for Chloroquine Resistant Malaria
Artemisinin Derivatives
Artemisinin Derivatives in Pregnancy
Safe after the first trimester
Atovaquone-Proguanil in Pregnancy
Not recommended
Why are Artemisinin Derivatives not used for prophylaxis?
Short half-life
What Anti Malaria drug should always be given in combination.
Artemisinin Derivatives
Treatment for Malaria for Pregnant women? Timeframe?
First Trimester: Seven-day course of clindamycin and quinine.
Afterwards: ACT
What can cause foul-smelling, fatty Diarrhea?
Giardiasis (Beaver Fever)
Where is Loa Loa Found?
West and Central Africa
Loa Loa, AKA?
African Eye Worm
Loa Loa Infection time?
six months to a year.
What is Calabar swelling?
Migratory, subcutaneous, painful, or pruritic nodules are produced by adult nematode migration through the skin. i.e. Loa Loa
Agent & vector of elephantiasis?
Infection with nematodes (roundworms) of the family Filariodidea that are transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitos.
Rickettsial Infections Case & Types?
Bacterial Infections
Spotted fever group (SFG) and the typhus group.
Rickettsia Africae, AKA
African tick-bite fever
Rickettsial Infections incubation period.
5-14 days.
Symptoms of Rickettsial Infections
Fever, headache, malaise, rash, nausea, or vomiting.
Maculopapular, vesicular, or petechial rash or sometimes an eschar at the site of the tick or mite bite.
Rickettsia rickettsii, AKA
Rocky Mount Spotted Fever
Rickettsia prowazekii, AKA
Epidemic Typhus
Rickettsia prowazekii vector
Lice feces, Flying Squirll
Rickettsia typhi vector
Rat fleas
Rickettsia rickettsii risk factors
Age over 40
Wooded Areas
Exposure to dogs
Rickettsia rickettsii hallmark signs
Macules (Flat, non-itchy rash) blanches on pressure. Starts at the wrists and ankles and spreads to the trunk, hands, and feet.
Rickettsia prowazekii Hallmark
Red Macular rash, which starts on the trunk. Spares hands feet, and head.
What Typhus can remain dormant? Name?
Rickettsia Prowazekii
Epidemic Typhus
Brill-Zinsser Disease
Rickettsia typhi names
Murine / Endemic Typhus
Rickettsia typhi Hallmark
Red Macular rash, which starts on the trunk. Spares palms & soles .
Where to contract Rickettsia africae?
In Southern Africa, Safaris occur in clusters with exposure during safari tours, game hunting, and bush hiking.
Tickborne Encephalitis Incubation
4-28 days
Tickborne Encephalitis location
Western and northern Europe through to northern and eastern Asia
How do you get Tickborne Encephalitis other than ticks?
TBE may also be acquired by ingestion of unpasteurized dairy products
Tickborne Encephalitis infection agent
Flavivirus
Tickborne Encephalitis vector
Ixodes Tick
Tickborne Encephalitis subtypes. Severity?
European, Siberian, and Far Eastern.
Far Eastern subtype is often associated with a more severe disease course.
The country with the most reported Tickborne Encephalitis
Russia
Common season to contract Tickborne Encephalitis
Early and Late Summer
Comorbidity of Tickborne Encephalitis
Older Age
Chickungunya vector
Aedes Mosquito
Chickungunya pattern
Chikungunya virus often causes large outbreaks with high attack rates, affecting one-third to three-quarters of the population.
Aedes Mosquito breading patterns
Lay their eggs in domestic containers that hold water, including buckets and flowerpots.
Chickungunya presentation
Sudden onset high fever
Joint pains are typically bilateral and symmetric.
Rash usually occurs after onset of fever. It typically involves the trunk and extremities but also can include the palms, soles, and face.