Micro - Parasite Characteristics Flashcards by Zak Reneau

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Trophozoites in stool

A

G. Lamblia

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Trophozoites w/ endocytosed RBC’s

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E. Histolytica

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Bloody diarrhea

A

E. Histolytica

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Flask shaped ulcers in colon

A

E. Histolytica

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Acid-fast staining sporozoites

A

Cryptosporidium

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Oocytes in feces

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T. Gondii

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Cysts in undercooked meats or cat feces transmission

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T. Gondii

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Ring enhancing lesions in brain

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T. Gondii

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Motile w/ single flagella

A

Trypanosoma Brucei

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Tsetse fly vector

A

Trypanosoma Brucei

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Trypamastigotes on blood smear

A

Trypanosoma sp.

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Reduvii bug (kissing bug)

A

T. Cruzi

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NE United States via Ixodes tick

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Babesia

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Maltese cross on blood smear

A

Babesia

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Blood smear w/ Giemsa stain

A

Plasmodium sp.

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Sandfly vector causing cutaneous leishmaniasis

A

L. Braziliensis

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Kala-azar (Black fever)

A

L. Dnovani

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Amastigotes in macrophages on Bx

A

Leishmania sp.

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Motile trophozoites

A

T. Vaginalis

Q

Strawberry cervix

A

T. Vaginalis

Q

Walking barefoot

A

A. Duodenale, S. Stercoralis

Q

Ingestion of undercooked pork

A

T. Spiralis

Q

Respiratory fibrosis and obstruction of ileocecal valve

A

A. Lumbricoides

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Larvae in stool for Dx

A

S. Stercoralis

Worms migrating across eyes

Loa Loa

Worms from red ulcers

D. Medinensis

Elephantiasis

W. Bancrofti

Proglottid segments in stool after eating bad fish

D. Latum

Worms w/ hooks on head from bad cow or pig meat

T. Saginatum (cow), T. Solium (pig)

Swiss cheese on CT/MRI

T. Saginatum, T. Solium

Egg shell calcifications in liver from dog feces

E. Granulosus

Causes biliary fibrosis and cholangiocarcinoma

Clonorchis Sinensis

Assc w/ bladder cancer

S. Haematobium

Swimmers itch

Schistosomiasis

Undercooked crab meat

P. Westermani