intestinal protists Flashcards
1
Q
types of diarrhoea
A
osmotic
inflammatory
secretory
2
Q
osmotic diarrhoea
A
enterocyte malfunction
impaired absorption
enhanced secretion
excessive solutes
3
Q
inflammatory diarrhoea
A
mucosal invasion
leukocytes in stool
4
Q
secretory diarrhoea
A
toxin associated
excessively watery
5
Q
causative agents of diarrhoea
A
rotavirus cryptosporidium e.coli shigella campylobacter salmonella vibrio cholera
6
Q
excavate intestinal protists
A
giardia intestinal (small) dientamoeba fragilis (large)
7
Q
chromalveolate protist
A
cryptosporidium hominis (apicomplexan) cryptosporidium parvum (apicomplexan) (small) Balantidium coli (ciliate) (large) Blastosystis (stramenopile) (intestines)
8
Q
Amoebazoa protist
A
entamoeba histolytica (large)
9
Q
trophozoite
A
inhabits intestinal tract but nit infectious
10
Q
cysts
A
excreted and are infectious
11
Q
dysentery
A
blood and mucus in stool