FLAGELLATES Flashcards
PROTOZOANS THAT POSSES WHIP-LIKE FLAGELLA
FLAGELLATES
CA OF GIARDIASIS/ TRAVELLER’S DIARRHEA
GARDIA INTESTINALIS/LAMBLIA/DUODUNALE
HABITAT OF G. LAMBLIA
UPPER JEJUNUM & DUODENUM
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERIC OF G. DUODUNALE
HAS SUCKING DISC (FOR ATTACHMENT TO MUCOSA)
MOTILITY OF G. LAMBLIA
FALLING LEAF
INFECTIVE STAGE OF G. LAMBLIA
MATURE CYST
INFECTIVE DOSE OF MATURE CYST OF G. INTESTINALIS
10-100 CYSTS
INCUBATION PERIOD OF GIARDIASIS
1-2 WEEKS; 9 DAYS MEAN
DOES G. LAMBLIA INVADE TISSUE
NO, DOES NOT INVADE TISSUE BUT REMAIN TIGHTLY ADHERE TO THE INTESTINAL ET
STOOL OF GIARDIASIS
MALODOROUS, FAT, GREASY STOOLS BUT NOT BLOOD
USUAL DX. PROCEDURE IN GIARDIASIS
ENTERO STRING TEST
DOC FOR TX. OF GIARDIASIS
METRONIDAZOLE
TREATMENT THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN METRONIDAZOLE IN GIARDIASIS
TINIDAZOLE
DOC FOR CHILDREN WITH GIARDIASIS
FUROZOLIDONE & NITAXOZANIDE
DOC FOR SYMPTOMATIC PREGNANT WOMEN WITH GIARDIASIS
PAROMOMYCIN
CAN WE TREAT ASYMPTOMATIC GIARDIASIS PATIENTS
NO, ONLY TREAT SYMPTOMATIC CASES
FLAGELLATES THAT EXIST ONLY IN TROPHOZOITE STAGE (NO CYSTIC STAGE)
TRICHOMONAS
ONLY TRICHOMONAS THAT IS INVASIVE
TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS
DO T. VAGINALIS COMPLETE ITS LIFE CYCLE IN A SINGLE HOST
YES, EITHER MALE/FEMALE
HUMAN– ONLY HOST
HABITAT IN FEMALE OF T. VAGINALIS
VAGINA, CERVIX ( BARTHOLIN’S GLAND, URETHRA, URINARY BLADDER)
HABITAT IN MALE OF T. VAGINALIS
ANTERIOR URETHRA (PROSTATE & PREPUTIAL SAC)
INFECTIVE STAGE & DIAGNOSTIC STAGE OF T. VAGINALIS
BOTH—TROPHOZOITE
MOTILITY OF T. VAGINALIS
JERKY/TWITCHING TYPE
HOW DO THE T. VAGINALIS TRANSMITTED
SEXUAL
VERTICAL
FOMITES
EPITHELIUM INFECTED BY T. VAGINALIS
INFECT SQUAMOUS ET (NOT COLUMNAR ET)
WHAT DOES THE CERVIX OF A FEMALE PX INFECTED WITH TRICHOMONAS LOOK LIKE
STRAWBERRY MUCOSA
THE INTRACELLELULAR EDEMA OF T. VAGINALIS INFECTED INDIVIDUAL HAS
CHICKEN-LIKE ET
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF MALE INFECTED W/ T. VAGINALIS
USUALLY ASYMPTOMATIC
HOW ABOUT IN FEMALE INFECTED W/ T. VAGINALIS?
PRODUCE SEVERE PRURITIC VAGINITIS (MUSTY ODOR)
NON SPECIFIC TEST FOR TRICHOMNIASIS
pH Testing
Whiff Test
Pap smear
DOC IN TX OF T. VAGINALIS
METRONIDAZOLE
WHAT ARE NON-INVASIVE FLAGELLATES
T. HOMINIS T. TENAX CHILOMASTIX MESNILI ENTEROMONAS HOMINIS RETORTOMONAS INTESTINALIS DIANTEMOEBA FRAGILIS
NON-PATHOGENIC FLAGELLATE THAT LIVES IN CECUM AND HAS A JERKY FORWARD MOTILITY
ENTEROMONAS HOMINIS
ITS CYSTIC STAGE HAS OVAL SHAPED AND MAY MIMIC 2 NUCLEATED CYST OF E. NANA
ENTEROMONAS HOMINIS
ITS CYSTIC AND TROPHOZOITE STAGE ARE BOTH SEEN IN A SEMI-FORMED STOOL
CHILOMASTIX MESNILI
TRICHIMONAS TENAX IS AKA
TRICHOMONAS BUCCALIS
MORPHOLOGY OF T. TENAX
SMALLER THAN T. VAGINALIS
HARMLESS COMMENSAL THAT LIVES IN MOUTH AND CAN BE TRANSMITTED THRU KISSING
T. TENAX/ T. BUCCALIS
HARMLESS COMMENSAL OF CECUM THAT IS PYRIFORM-SHAPED AND HAS 5 ANTERIOR FLAGELLA AND UNDULATING MEMBRANE
TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS
IT HAS A DISTINCT SPINAL GROOVE THAT IS SEEN ON ONE SIDE OF NUCLEUS
CHILOMASTIX MESNILI
CYST OF C. MESNILI
LEMON-SHAPED
IT IS A SMALL NON-PATHOGENIC FLAGELLATE THAT IS FOUND IN LI
RETOROMONAS INTESTINALIS
TROPHOZOITE HAS PYRIFORM SHAPED & MULTIPLIES BY BINARY FISSION
RETOROMONAS INTESTINALIS
AMOEBAFLAGELLATE THAT HAS NO CYSTIC STAGE AND ONLY TROPHOZOITE
DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS
HABITAT OF D. FRAGILIS
COLONIC MUCOSAL CRYPTS
D. FRAGILIS FEED ON TISSUE (TRUE OR FALSE)
FALSE, FEED ON BACTERIA & DOES NOT INVADE TISSUE
MOTILITY OF D. FRAGILIS
BROAD HYALIKE LEAFLIKE PSEUDOPOODIA
HOW DO THE D. FRAGILIS TRANSMITTED
FECAL-ORAL ROUTE VIA HELMINTH EGGS
TX OF D. FRAGILIS
IODOQUINOL
*TETRACYCLINE & METRONIDAZOLE ARE ALSO EFFECTIVE
