Fungi, Protozoa and Helminth List

Question 1

Dermatophyte fungi

Morphology

Causes

Answer 1

Filamentous

Ringworm

Question 2

Candida

Morphology

Causes

Answer 2

Yeast fungi

Vaginal thrush, intertrigo in moist folds, abcesses in T-cell immune deficiency

Question 3

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Type

Causes

Answer 3

Fungi

Atypical pneumonia in pts with T-cell deficiency e.g. AIDS

Question 4

Plasmodium spp (apicomplexans)

Type

Causes

Transmitted by

Infection process

Answer 4

Protozoa

Malaria, fevers, haemolysis blockage of BV, foetal loss

Anenopheles mosquitos.

Infect liver cells then RBC

Question 5

Etamoeba histolytica

Type

Causes

Transmitted by

Answer 5

Protozoa, amoeba

Amoebic dysentry

Faeco-oral route via water

Question 6

Giardia lamblia

Type

Causes

Transmitted by

Answer 6

Protozoa, flagellate

Chronic diarrhoea

Faecal-oral route via drinking water. Zoonosis

Question 7

Tapeworms

Type

Transmitted by

Answer 7

Helminths

Eating infected meat

Question 8

Nematodes

Include

What is lymphatic filariasis, and what causes it?

Answer 8

Roundworms and filiaria

Elephantitis, caused by parasitic worms of roundworm family