FLAGELLATES Flashcards
whip-like locomotory organelle called
flagella
Motor component
: flagella and axonemes
Neuromotor apparatus
kinetoplast w/c consists of blepharoplast and parabasal body
Giardia intestinalis disease
Giardiasis, Traveler’s diarrhea, Gay bowel syndrome
This protozoan is also known as
G. lamblia
Discovered in 1681 by Antoine van Leeuwenhoek in his own stools
Giardia intestinalis
described by Lambl in 1859 who called it what?
Cercomonas intestinalis
How many nuclei does cyst of giardia intestinalis have?
2-4 nuclei
two longitudinal fibrils in the center and Football-shaped
Cyst if Giardia intestinalis
Pear shaped trophozoite
Giardia intestinalis
How many nuclei does trophozoite of Giardia have?
2 nuclei, each w/ a large karyosome, lying w/in the sucking disk
Has falling leaf motility
Giardia intestinalis
Old man’s face/old man w/ eyeglasses
Trophozoite of Giardia intestinalis
Infective stage of Giardia intestinalis
Mature cysts
Characterized by mild diarrhea, abdominal cramps, anorexia, and flatulence to tenderness of the epigastric region, steatorrhea, and malabsorption syndrome
Giardiasis (Traveler’s Diarrhea)
Sexual transmission of protozoal and helminthic
diseases by orogenital or oroanal routes.
Gay Bowel Syndrome
Duodenal contents can identify G. intestinalis using
using the string test, also known as Enterotest.
primary choice of treatments for G. intestinalis infections
metronidazole (Flagyl), tinidazole (Tindamax) and nitazoxanide (Alinia).
Common associated disease for D. fragilis
Dientamoeba fragilis infection
Initially classified as an ameba
Dientamoeba fragilis
Irregular and roundish in shape
Trophozoite of Dientamoeba fragilis
How many nuclei does D. fragilis have and consist of how many chromatin granules
2 nuclei with 4-8 chromatin granules
What does the trophozoite’s cytoplasm of D. fragilis consist of?
Vacuoles containing bacteria
Other documented symptoms that may occur
include bloody or mucoid stools, flatulence,
nausea or vomiting, weight loss, and fatigue or
weakness
D. fragilis infection
.The treatment of choice for D. fragilis infection
iodoquinol
alternative treatment for D. fragilis
Tetracycline
What are non pathogenic species
Trichomonas hominis and Chilomastix mesnili
Has five anterior flagella and a posterior flagellum projecting from an undulating membrane
Trichomonas hominis
How many nuclei does Trichomonas hominis
1
Pear-shaped
Spiral groove curving across the body
Spiral boring, jerky movement
3 anterior flagella and 1 w/in the cytostome
Trophozoite of Chilosmatix mesnili
Lemon to oval-shaped
Protrusion at end
Nipple-like cyst
Cyst of Chilomastix mesnili