(L3) FLAGELLATES 3 & 4 (BLOOD & TISSUE FLAGELLATES) Flashcards
BLOOD FLAGELLATES
Trypanosoma brucei complex (rhodesiense & gambiense)
Trypanosoma cruzi
TISSUE FLAGELLATES
Leishmania braziliensis
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania tropica
Blood and tissue flagellates have different stages of development:
trypomastigote, epimastigote,
promastigote, and amastigote
What stage is lacking in Trypanosoma rhodesiense and T. gambiense?
Amastigote and Promastigote
What is lacking in Leishmania braziliensis, tropica and donovani?
epimastigote and trypomastigote
Amastigote in T. cuzi?
Intracellular in macrophage in skin, liver, smooth muscle with affinity for cardiac muscle
Promastigote in T. cruzi
transitional stage only
Epimastigote of T. cruzi?
midgut of triatomid bug
Trypomastigote of T. cruzi?
in feces of triatomid bug, transfer to stages of man, present in bloodstream during acute attacks
Amastigote in L. donovani?
intracellular macrophage predominantly in liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow
Amastigote in L. braziliensis?
Intracellular macrophage in skin can be transferred to mucocutaneous junction.
Promastigote for L. braziliensis, L. tropica & L. donovani?
In midgut, later in proboscis of sand fly, transfer stage to man
Amastigote for L. tropica?
intracellular in macrophage of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Occur in the blood of the majority of vertebrate animals
Trypanosomes
Trypanosomes:
Life cycle involves a intermediate host, which is usually ________
Insects
Pathogenisis for T. cruzi?
American trypanosomiasis / Chagas disease
Habitat for T. cruzi?
Reticuloendothelial cells
Intermidiate host for T. cruzi?
reduviid/ kissing/ triatomine
reservoir host T. cruzi?
man and other vertebrates
infective form to man T. cruzi?
Metacyclic trypomastigote
Infective form to triatomid bug?
Typical trypomastigote
Mode of infxn in T. cruzi?
skin penetration
Lab identification for T. cruzi?
Blood smears, tissue biopsy, serology, culture
specimen source for. T. cruzi?
blood and tissue
Macrophage in the liver
Kupffer cell
macrophage in brain
microglia
macrophage in lungs
alveolar
macrophage in bones
osteoclasts
T. cruzi:
Occupy/develop in a posterior position in the gut of the insect vector; the infective stages (metacyclic trypomastigotes are excreted in the feces of the insects onto the skin of humans
o Gain access through skin abrasions and mucous membranes
stercorarian trypanosome
causative agent of American Trypanosomiasis
T. cruzi
Mostly in poor, rural areas of Mexico, Central America, and South America
T. cruzi
Can also be transmitted through blood transfusions, organ transplantation, during pregnancy, transplacentally, and in laboratory accidents
T. cruzi
Diagnostic stage for T. cruzi?
Amastigote
amastigote multiply by _____.
binary fission
T. cruzi:
(unilateral palpebral and periocular
swelling) may appear as a result of conjunctival contamination with the vector’s feces
Romanas Sign
T. cruzi:
(a nodular lesion or furuncle) can appear at the site of inoculation
chagoma
the most serious manifestation in T. cruzi?
Cardiomyopathy
T. cruzi:
Pathologies of the digestive tract such as
megaesophagus & megacolon
Diagnosis of T. cruzi?
Microscopic examination
Isolation of agent
Antibody detection