intestinal protists Flashcards

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types of diarrhoea

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osmotic
inflammatory
secretory

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osmotic diarrhoea

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enterocyte malfunction
impaired absorption
enhanced secretion
excessive solutes

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inflammatory diarrhoea

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mucosal invasion

leukocytes in stool

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secretory diarrhoea

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toxin associated

excessively watery

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causative agents of diarrhoea

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rotavirus 
cryptosporidium 
e.coli
shigella
campylobacter
salmonella
vibrio cholera
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excavate intestinal protists

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giardia intestinal (small)
dientamoeba fragilis (large)
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chromalveolate protist

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cryptosporidium hominis (apicomplexan) 
cryptosporidium parvum (apicomplexan) (small) 
Balantidium coli (ciliate) (large)
Blastosystis (stramenopile) (intestines)
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Amoebazoa protist

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entamoeba histolytica (large)

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trophozoite

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inhabits intestinal tract but nit infectious

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cysts

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excreted and are infectious

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dysentery

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blood and mucus in stool

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