INTESTINAL PROTOZOANS Flashcards
INTESTINAL PROTOZOANS
BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS
TOXOPLASMA GONDII
SARCOCYTIS SPP.
IT LACKS CELL WALL BUT HAS NUCLEI, ER, GA, AND MITOCHONDRION-LIKE ORGANELLES
BASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS
OPTIMAL GROWTH OF B. HOMINIS
37ºC
REPRODUCTION OF B. HOMINIS
ASEXUAL: BINARY FISSION OR SPORULATION
STRICT ANEAROBIC CONDITIONS
4 FORMS OF B. HOMINIS
VACUOLATED
AMOEBA-LIKE
GRANULAR
MULTIPLE FISSION
IT IS THE MAIN TYPE THAT CAUSES DIARRHEA & ARE THE MOST PREDOMINANT IN FECAL SPECIMENS
VACUOLATED
IT ALLOW PARASITE TO INGEST BACTERIA & ENHANCE ENCYTMEST
AMOEBA-LIKE
ITS CONTENT DEVELOP INTO DAUGHTER CELLS OF AMEBA-FORM WHEN RUPTURE
GRANULAR
DOC FOR B. HOMINIS
METRONIDAZOLE
IODOQUINOL
TRIMETHROPIN
NITAZOXANIDE
ITS LIFE CYCLE IS COMPLETED ONLY IN CAT FAMILY FELIDAE
TOXOPLASMA GONDII
2 EXTRAINTESTINAL STAGES OF T. GONDII
ASEXUAL: TACHYZOITES & BRADYZOITES
TRANSMITTED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER BY BLOOD TRANSFUSION
TACHYZOITES
TRANSMITTED BY EATING MEAT
BRADYZOITE
TRANMITTED THRU ORGAN TRANSPLANT SPECIFICALLY BONE MARROW
BOTH (TACHYZOITES & BRADYZOITES)
WHAT CAUSED DEATH OF BABIES INFECTED WITH T. GONDII
ANEMIA W/ PNEUMONIA