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INTESTINAL FLAGELLATES Flashcards

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Giardia intestinalis

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Giardia lamblia

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Giardia duodenalis

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Giardia lamblia

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Cercomonas intestinalis

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Giardia lamblia

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Megastoma enterica

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Giardia lamblia

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Lamblia intestinalis

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Giardia lamblia

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Giardia enterica

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Giardia lamblia

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Shepherd’s crook

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Chilomastix mesnili

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Chilomastix hominis

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Chilomastix mesnili

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Nonpathogenic

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Chilomastix mesnili

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The only pathogenic intestinal flagellates found only in man

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Giardia lamblia

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▪ Harmless commensal which is worldwide in distribution

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Chilomastix mesnili

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▪ More prevalent in warm than cooler climate

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Chilomastix mesnili

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Duodenal area of small intestine and gall bladder

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Giardia lamblia

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cecal region of the large intestine

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Chilomastix mesnili

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➢ Ingestion of cyst usually through contaminated water

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Giardia lamblia

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➢ Oral-anal route

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Giardia lamblia

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Ingestion of cyst

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Chilomastix mesnili

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Giardia lamblia (Invasive stage)

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Trophozoite

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Giardia lamblia (Infective stage)

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Cyst

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Pear-shaped/Pyriform
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Rounded anteriorly and pointed posteriorly
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Resembles “old man in eye glasses” or “tennis racket” appearance
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Bilaterally symmetrical: two media bodies
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Measures 9.5 – 21 um by 5 – 10 um
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ With large sucking discs on the ventral, concave side and convex on the dorsal side, occupying about ¾ of the flat ventral surface
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Presence of 2 nuclei with large, central
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ 2 axostyles, 2 blepharoplast, 2 deeply staining bars
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ 4 pairs of flagella: one pair of laterally crossed flagella, one pair of central flagella, a lateral pair of uncrossed flagella, and one pair of posterior flagella
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Giardia lamblia

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❖ Motility: jerky falling leaf/kite-like/spinning/flip-flop motility

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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Cyst ✓ Ovoid/ellipsoidal; measures 8 – 12 um by 6 – 10 um
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Cyst ✓ 2 – 4 nuclei at anterior end
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Cyst ✓ Thick double wall (“double-walled cyst”); cytoplasm shrinks away from the cell wall
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Cyst ✓ Axostyle and fibrillar remnants of locomotory apparatus present
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Asymmetrical pearshaped (due to the cytostome) measuring about 6 – 20 um
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Broad anterior, tapering toward the posterior end
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Spiral groove extending through the middle portion of the body
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ 3 pairs of flagella and a more delicate one within the prominent cytostome
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Cytoplasm is delicately granular with numerous food vacuoles
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ 1 nucleus with central karyosome
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Motility: Boring or spiral forward movement, corkscrew, clockwise, twisting motility
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Cyst ✓ 7 – 10 um; thick walled
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Cyst ✓ Pear- or lemon-shaped, rounded at one end and conical at the other end with knob-like protuberance projection
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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Cyst ✓ 1 spherical nucleus with central karyosome
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Chilomastix mesnili

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Giardiasis or Flagellate diarrhea (also known as Traveller’s diarrhea)

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Giardia lamblia

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➢ Majority of persons infected are asymptomatic or is manifested as a self-limiting acute onset diarrhea, usually associated with nausea, anorexia, and crampy abdominal pain

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Giardia lamblia

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➢ Common among pre-school children and immunocompromised patients (AIDS patients)

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Giardia lamblia

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a. Duodenal Involvement (Duodenitis)

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Giardia lamblia

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b. Gall bladder involvement (Cholangitis)

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Giardia lamblia

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✓ Associated with gallbladder colic and jaundice due to obstruction of the bile passages

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b. Gall bladder involvement (Cholangitis)

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✓ Irritation or edema of the ampulla of Vater

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b. Gall bladder involvement (Cholangitis)

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✓ Irritation with excess secretion of mucus and dehydration

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a. Duodenal Involvement (Duodenitis)

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✓ dull epigastric pain

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a. Duodenal Involvement (Duodenitis)

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✓ chronic diarrhea with steatorrheic stool containing increased amounts of fat and mucus but no blood

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a. Duodenal Involvement (Duodenitis)

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  1. DFS: stained or unstained
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. ZnSO4 flotation technique – for cyst concentration
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Duodenal aspiration (Entero test)
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Fluoroscopy – may demonstrate hypermotility at the duodenal and jejunal levels
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. X-ray to reveal mucosal defects
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Culture method
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Personal and community hygiene
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Giardia lamblia

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  1. Sanitation and cleanliness
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Giardia lamblia

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Metronidazole – drug of choice

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Giardia lamblia

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Proper hygiene and sanitation

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Chilomastix mesnili

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Pear-shaped or ovoid
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Enteromonas hominis
C. mesnilii

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ No cytostome
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Enteromonas hominis

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ 4 flagella: 3 anterior and 1 which closely adheres to the flattened surface of one side and trails off posteriorly as a free flagellum
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Enteromonas hominis

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Motility: Jerky motility
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Enteromonas hominis

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  1. Cyst ✓ pear-shaped, uninucleated
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Enteromonas hominis

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Measures 4 – 9 um by 3 – 10 um
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Embadomonas intestinalis

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ Characteristic cleft – like cytostome may be seen near the nucleus
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Embadomonas intestinalis

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  1. Trophozoite ✓ 2 anterior flagella
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Embadomonas intestinalis

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  1. Cyst ✓pear-shaped, uninucleated
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Embadomonas intestinalis

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▪ Optimum pH for survival: 5.2 to 6.4

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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▪ In the healthy female, the normally acid vaginal secretions of pH 3.8 – 4.4 deter its survival

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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  1. Inflammation of the vaginal mucosa occurs several days after inoculation of the trophozoites, after which, polymorphonuclears become numerous and epithelial cells desquamate
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Trichomonas vaginalis

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➢ Vaginal secretions are liquid in character, greenish yellow in color and very irritating that it causes intense itchiness or burning sensation

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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➢ Strawberry cervix in appearance

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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  1. In most cases, T. vaginalis infection in females present as a symptomatic vaginitis, although chronic infection may be asymptomatic
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Trichomonas vaginalis

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  1. In males – trichomoniasis is latent or symptomless during the acute stage and it usually becomes chronic urethritis
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Trichomonas vaginalis

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  1. Acid douche (pH of 3.0); Use prophylactic devices
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Trichomonas vaginalis

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  1. Oral metronidazole – 250 mg 3x a day for 7 days results in 90-98% cure; for better patient compliance, oral metronidazole 2 grams single dose gas 86% cure rate
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Trichomonas vaginalis

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(Dobell, 1939)

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(Leukart, 1879)

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T. hominis

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(Donne, 1837)

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T. vaginalis

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Buccal cavity, tartar of the teeth

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Cecum

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T. hominis

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Vagina, prostate gland

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Smallest

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Medium

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T. hominis

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Largest

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T. vaginalis

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Round

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Ovoidal

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T. hominis

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2/3 of the body length

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As long as the body length

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T. hominis

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Less than ½ of the body length

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T. vaginalis

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Inclusion bodies NONE

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T. tenax

T. hominis

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With siderophil bodies in the cytoplasm

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T. vaginalis

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Flagella 4 anterior and 1 posterior

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T. tenax
T. hominis
T. vaginalis

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Inconspicuous

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Highly conspicuous

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T. hominis

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Very conspicuous

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T. vaginalis

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NON-PATHOGENIC

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T. tenax

T. hominis

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Vaginitis, prostatitis, urethritis, itching and irritation, burning sensation of urine

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T. vaginalis

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Droplet spray

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Kissing; Use of contaminated dishes or drinking glass

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Ingestion of contaminated food and drink

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T. hominis

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Sexual contact and rarely congenital

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T. vaginalis

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Oral scraping

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Stool

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T. hominis

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Vaginal swab, urine, urethral discharge

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T. vaginalis

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Oral hygiene

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Sanitation and personal hygiene

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T. hominis

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Avoid promiscuous sexual intercourse

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T. vaginalis

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