Helminths, Protozoa, and Fungi Pathology

Question 1

Taenia solium…aka pork tapeworm

Answer 1

Pathology: Neural Cystercosis, Encephalitis, can lead to tapeworm infestation (intestinal obstuction possible)

Question 2

Schistosoma japonicum…aka blood fluke

Answer 2

Pathology: The reaction of the immune system to migrating eggs

Question 3

Ascaris lumbriocoides…aka giant ascrid

Answer 3

Pathology: nutritional loss, possible intestinal obstruction

Question 4

Necator americanus…aka hookworm disease

Answer 4

Pathology: Blood loss

Question 5

Enterobius vermicularis…aka pinworm

Answer 5

Pathology: Pruritus ani

Question 6

Wuchereria bancrofti…aka elphantiasis

Answer 6

Pathology: Lymphatic damage and obstruction

Question 7

Naegleria fowleri

Answer 7

Pathology: Meningoencephalitis

Question 8

Trypanosoma cruzi…aka Chagas’ disease

Answer 8

Pathology: Cardiomyopathy

Question 9

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense…aka African sleeping sickness

Answer 9

Pathology: Meningoencephalitis

Question 10

Giardia intestinalis…aka beaver fever/backpacker’s fever

Answer 10

Pathology: shortening of microvilli

Question 11

Trichomonas vaginalis

Answer 11

Pathology: Vaginal and cervical mucosal erosion

Question 12

Plasmodium falciparum…aka Malaria

Answer 12

Pathology: Erythrocyte lysis

Question 13

Toxoplasma gondii

Answer 13

Pathology: Enlarged lymph nodes in the head and neck, encephalitis

Question 14

Histoplasma capsulatum

Answer 14

Pathology: Pneumonia

Question 15

Coccidioides immitis

Answer 15

Pathology: Pneumonia

Question 16

Candida albicans

Answer 16

Pathology: inflammation of affected tissues due to penetration by pseudo-hyphae

Question 17

Trichophyton rubrum

Answer 17

Pathology: dematisis