Giardiasis Flashcards
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Causative agent
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Giardia lamblia, flagellated pear-shaped protozoan/2 nuclei
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Symptoms
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Mild illness, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramp, weightloss, flatulence (intestinal gas)
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Pathogenesis
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Ingested cysts survive in stomach, trophozoites created by cysts in small intestine attach to epithelium, resulting of mucosal function impaired by member Protozoa and host immune response
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Epidemiology
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Ingestion of fecally, contaminated water, person to person contact, day care centers, low infectious dose
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Treatment and prevention
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Tinidazole, flagyl, nitazoxanide
Prevention:boiling, filtering, disinfecting water
