Imported Parasites Flashcards

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Definition

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Entamoeba Histolytica - Protozoa

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Epidemiology

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Pathophysiology

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Entamoeba Histolytica

  • Cyctic
  • Trophozoite
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Etiology/Risk Factors

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5
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Presentation

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Amobic dystnrey

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Lab Work Up

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Symptomatic pt - “hot stool” with the ability to see the cysts

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Imagining

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Complications

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Ameobic Liver Abscess (Trophozoites multiply in liver cells)

Brown sludge is withdrawn on aspiration

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Differential Diagnosis

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Treatment

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Metronidazole (trophozoites)
Diloxanide furate (cystcs)
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Prognosis

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Histology

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