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free-living pathogenic amebae Flashcards

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epidemiology

infections occured as epidemic in subtropical countries

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B. hominis

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[TROPH]
- SIZE: 12-45 um
- MOTILITY: sluggish, spinelike pseudopods
- NUCLEI: one
- KARYOSOME: large
- PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: absent
- CYTOPLASM: granular and vacuolated

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Acanthamoeba

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diagnosis

microscopic examination:
- CSF is the specimen of choice
- brain tissue
- corneal scrapings

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Acanthamoeba

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treatment

  • intravenous/spine
  • Amphotericin B - DOC
  • Amphotericin B with rifamfin / miconazole
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N. fowleri

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Blastocystis hominis

  • most predominant
  • large central vacuole (reproductive organelle) and very thick capsule
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vacuolated forms

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treatment for B. coli

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  • metronidazole
  • tetracycline
  • iodoquinol
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[TROPH]
- SIZE: 28-152 um (length) & 22-123 um (width)
- MOTILITY: rotary, boring
- NUCLEI: two, kidney shaped (macronucleus) and small spherical (micronucleus)
- 1 or 2 vacuoles
- CYTOPLASM: may contain food vacuoles or bacteria
- small cytostome present
- layer of cilia around the organism

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Balantidium coli

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Blastocystis hominis

  • active extensions and pseudopodia
  • nuclear chromatin: peripheral clumping
  • intermediate stage between vacuolar and pre-cystic
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ameba-like forms

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[CYST]
- SIZE: 5-22 um
- SHAPE: ovoid, ellipsoid, triangular
- NUCLEI: one
- KARYOSOME: large, eccentric achromatic granules may be present
- PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: absent
- CYTOPLASM: coarsely granular and vacuolated
- INCLUSIONS: well-defined glycogen mass may be present

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N. fowleri

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epidemiology

  • found in warm bodies of water, lakes, streams, ponds, and swimming pools
  • can survive in 0.5ug/mL of hyperchlorinated water
  • high cases in summer
  • can survive in elevated temperatures (46 degrees C)
  • can be acquired in contaminated dust
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N. fowleri

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diagnosis

molecular techniques for N. fowleri

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ELISA
PCR

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diagnosis

culture for Acanthamoeba

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  • proteose-peptone
  • yeast extract
  • PYGC
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epidemiology

  • causes CNS and eye infection
  • CNS infection in immunocompromised patients
  • isolated from air, aquaria, bottled mineral water, soil swimming pools, deep well water, contact lens solutions
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Acanthamoeba

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Blastocystis form

  • very prominent and thick osmophilic electron dense wall
  • thick walled cyst: responsible for external transmission
  • thin walled cyst: reinfection within a hosts intestinal tract
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cystic form

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[TROPH]
- SIZE: 8-22 um
- MOTILITY: sluglike, blunt pseudopods
- NUCLEI: one
- KARYOSOME: large (center)
- PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: absent
- CYTOPLASM: granular, vacuolated

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N. fowleri

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diagnosis

specimen of choice for B. hominis

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stool

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clinical symptoms

  • aymptomatic
  • kernig’s sign (tests hamstring)
  • PAM
  • pleocytosis (high % of PMN cells)
  • hypoglycorrhacia
  • elevated protein levels
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N. fowleri

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causing granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in individuals with compromised immune system

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  • Acanthamoeba spp.
  • Balamuthia mandrillaris
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clincial symptoms

  • mild to moderate diarrhea
  • vomiting
  • nausea
  • fever
  • abdominal pain and cramping
  • bloating
  • flatulence
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B. hominis

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1st noted as a contaminant in tissue cultures and subsequently was found to produce lethal meningoencephalitis on nasal instillation into mice and other animals

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Acanthamoeba

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diagnosis

microscopic examination for N. fowleri, where do we find it?

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CSF
brain
tissue
nasal discharge

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treatment for Acanthamoeba

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  • sulfamethazine
  • intraconazole
  • ketoconazole
  • miconazole
  • propamidine isethianate (DOC)
  • rifampin
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causing primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in healthy individuals

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N. fowleri

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[VACUOLATED FORM]
- SIZE: 5-32 um
- VACUOLE: centrally located, fluid-filled structure, consumes almost 90% of organism
- NUCLEI: 2 or 4 located in cytoplasm
- CYTOPLASM: ring around periphery

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Blastocystis hominis

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treatment for B. hominis

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  • iodoquinol
  • metronidazole (DOC)
  • TMP-SMX
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Blastocystis hominis

  • observed from old cultures
  • granular contents develop into daughter cells of the ameba-form when it ruptures
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granular forms

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[FLAGELLATED FORM]
- SIZE: 7-15 um
- MOTILITY: 2 flagella, spinning/jerky
- NUCELI: one
- KARYOSOME: large (center)
- PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: absent
- CYTOPLASM: granular, vacuolated

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N. fowleri

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[CYST]
- SIZE: 43-66 um
- NUCLEI: two, kidney shaped (macronucleus) and small spherical (micronucleus)
- 1 or 2 vacuoles
- double cyst wall
- row of cilia visible in between cyst wall layers of young cyst

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balantidium coli

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causing severe keratitis

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Acanthamoeba spp.

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diagnosis

molecular techniques for Acanthamoeba

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PCR

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B. coli are easily inactivated by (?) and (?)

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  • heat
  • 1% sodium hypochlorite
32
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  • infective stage: cyst
  • infections results from contaminated food or water with fecal material
  • incubation: 4-5 days
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balantidium coli

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diagnosis

culture medium for N. fowleri

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balamuth medium

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clinical symptoms

  • GAE
  • keratitis
  • 1st documented by Stamm
  • INCUBATION: 10 days
  • infection is spread hematogenously from primary foci in skin, pharynx, or the respiratory tract
  • systemic infections occur in individuals with AIDS
  • ulcerative lesions, subcutaneous abscesses, or erythematous nodules
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Acanthamoeba

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diagnosis

culture for B. hominis

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  • Boeck and Drbohlav’s media
  • Nelson and Jones media
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pathogenesis

  • acute diarrhea with mucus and blood, cramps
  • intestinal perforation and acute appendicitis
  • “rounded base and wide neck”
  • usually non-pathogenic commensal in the large intestine
  • asymptomatic
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Balantidium coli

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Blastocystis hominis

  • arise from vacuolated forms
  • produce many vacuolated forms
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multiple fission form

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[CYST]
- SIZE: 8-25 um
- SHAPE: roundish with ragged edges
- NUCLEI: one
- KARYOSOME: large, central
- PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: absent
- CYTOPLASM: disorganized, granular, vacuolated (sometimes)
- INCLUSIONS: double cell wall, smooth inner cell wall and jagged outer cell wall

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Acanthamoeba

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