micro- protozoal (giemsa stain)/ fungus / all the rest Flashcards
_____: protozoa that causes dysentery via contaminated food and water
______ is the infected form
entamoeba histolytica (amebiasis)
cyst= infective form
______: protozoa that hikers get when they drink stream water
s/s:?
Giardia lamblia - “beaver fever”
s/s: flatulence, poor absorption, mucousy diarrhea
(two farty lesbians (with AIDS) hiking, drinking water, and getting the beaver fever)
Leishmania donovani = vector? , Dz?
sandflies
dz: Kala- Azar
MC form of malaria ?
Plasmodium vivax (protozoa)
the anopheles mosquito is the vixan of the vivax
_____ stage is the patho stage of malaria (by plasmodium vivax)
merozoite stage
infective stage: moves through the body
Most fatal form of malaria ?
Most common form of malaria?
fatal= plasmodium falciparum
MC: plasmodium vivax
black water fever =________ dz/ organism?
dz: malaria
organism: plasmodium falciparum (urinate oxidized bl)
_______ organism: found in cat feces and can cause miscarriages in the 1st trimester
toxoplasma gondii
dz: toxoplasmosis
_____ organism: kissing “ reduviid” bug = chagas dz
trypanosoma cruzi
_____ organism: carried by the tsetse fly & causes african sleeping sickness
trypanosoma gambiense
_____ organism: fungal infection- vector is nuts and grains. it causes fungus balls in the lungs
aspergillus fumigatus
____ dz: fungal infection- san joaquin valley fever
coccidiomycosis
_____ dz:fungal infection- mississippi. Ohio valley fever. Causes Ca+ in the lungs (similar to TB)
histoplasmosis
____ organism: fungal infection carried by pigeon droppings. #1 fungal infection / cause of death in AIDS
pneumocystistis carinii
_____ organism: fungal infection carried by rosebush thorns/ flowers
_____ dz:
sporotherix schenchii
dz: sporotrichosis