Midterm Lab Practicum Flashcards
Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite
Entamoeba histolytica cysts
What is the life cycle of Entamoeba histolytica?
Cyst –> Excystation in small intestine –> metacystic amoeba
When is the infective stage of Entamoeba histolytica?
Cyst stage
Where are Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites found?
Large intestine and invade mucosa
How do you get infected with Entamoeba histolytica ?
Drinking fecal contaminated water
What is distribution of Entamoeba histolytica?
Worldwide distribution, but most common in tropical and subtropical areas
What is the source of Entamoeba histolytica?
Contaminated water, laundry, etc Contaminated food (vegetables, soil) Mechanical contamination (medical equipment)
What is pathology of Entamoeba histolytica?
Trophozoites adhere to epithelium –> forming an ulcer
Colitis (inflammation of colonic wall)
Liver lesions / abcess
Symptoms of Entamoeba histolytica
Diahrrea, dysentery, cramps, vomiting, malaise, abdominal discomfort
How do you diagnose Entamoeba histolytica?
Microscopy of pus or aspirate, stool examination
What is prognosis of Entamoeba histolytica?
90% recovery after treatment –> Metronidazole (10-25 mg/kg, PO,
bid x 1 wk)
Body will repair itself but repaired
connective tissue in bowel will not
function.
Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite
Entamoeba histolytica cyst
What is life cycle of Entamoeba coli?
Life cycle and location identical to Entamoeba histolytica
Is Entamoeba coli pathogenic?
No –> feeds on bacteria; does not invade tissue
Which is E. coli and which is E. histolytica?
Top –> E. coli
Bottom –> E. histolytica
Entamoeba coli cysts
How can you prevent Entamoeba infections?
1.Boil drinking water
2. Wash fruits and vegetables in clean water before eating
3. Detection and treatment of carriers and prohibit them
from food handling
4. Health education
What are the two main diseases Trypanosoma spp cause?
Sleeping sickness, Chaga’s dz
What is the main dz Plasmodium spp cause?
Malaria
Trypanosoma spp.:
•Sleeping sickness
•Chagas disease
Plasmodium spp.
•Malaria
- Leishmania spp.
* Leishmaniasi
Trichomonas spp.
•Trichomoniasis
Giardia spp.
•Giardiasis
What kind of hosts and vectors do Trypanosoma spp have?
vertebrate host and
invertebrate vector
Trypanosomiasis, African Sleeping sickness (African, Old World)
- Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
- Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
- Trypanosoma brucei brucei (cattle)
Trypanosome life cycle
Tstese fly takes blood meal –> injects trypomastigotes into human blood stream –> Trypomastiogotes multiply via binary fission –> fly takes blood meal
(cycle repeats)
Diagnosis of Trypanosomiasis
Detection and evidence in blood
Antibody detection
What trypanosome causes Chagas disease?
•Trypanosoma cruzi
Life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi
Kissing bug takes blood meal –> trypomastigotes enter human bloodstream –> amastiogotes multiply via binary fission in infected tissues –> amastiogotes transform into trypomastiogotes –> Kissing bug takes blood meal
(cycle repeats)
Trypanosoma
Amastigote pseudocyst in cardiac muscle
How is Chaga’s disease diagnosed?
Finding of trypomastigotes in circulating blood or cerebral spinal
fluid (Acute)
Serology
Molecular detection
Prevention of African Trypanosomiasis
•Control of tsetse fly population (most important preventive measure) by wide spraying of insecticides, traps and baits impregnated with
insecticides.
•No vaccine is available.
Prevention of American Trypanosomiasis
•Application of insecticide to control the vector bug.
•Personal protection using insect repellant and mosquito net.
•Improvement in rural housing and environment to eliminate breeding
places of bugs.
What does Leishmania spp cause?
Causes visceral, mucocutaneous, and
cutaneous leishmaniasis in dogs,
people, and other animals
What is Leishmania transmitted by?
primarily by sandflies (vector)
Which are Leishmania and which are Trypanosoma?
Left –> Leishmania
Right –> Trypanosoma
Leishmania life cycle
Sandfly takes blood meal –> promastigotes are phagocytized –> transform into amastiogotes –> multiply and infect other cells –> sandfly takes blood meal –> ingestion of parasatized cell –> amastiogotes transform into promastiogotes in the gut
Leishmania symptoms
Some people have a silent infection, without any symptoms or
signs.
•After the initial bite from an infected sandfly, symptoms evident
as quick as 10 days, and up to a year.
•Usually is two to four months. `
Leishmania diagnosis
LD bodies, culture, molecular diagnosis
Prvention of Leishmania
Use of insect repellants, spraying of insecticides and screening are advisable.
•Forest workers should use protective clothing and other protective measures.
Giardia duodenalis
Giardia life cycle
Giardiasis
Giardiasis Diagnosis
- Stool examination
- Serology
- Molecular detection
Giardiasis Prevention
•Proper disposal of waste water and feces.
•Practice of personal hygiene like handwashing before eating and
proper disposal of diapers.
•Prevention of food and water contamination.
•Community chlorination of water is ineffective for inactivating cysts.
•Boiling of water and filtration by membrane filters
What does Trichomonas vaginalis cause?
vaginitis in women
How is Trichomonas vaginalis transmitted?
•Transmitted by sexual intercourse, with men playing the role of
asymptomatic carrier.
Trichomoniasis life cycle
Trophozoite in vaginal secretion –> multiplies by binary fission –> trophozoite in vagina/urethra
Trichomoniasis
Diagnosis of Trichomoniasis
symptoms, •wet mount, •permanent stain, •culture, •serology, •molecular diagnosis
Prevention of Trichomoniasis
- Avoidance of sexual contact with infected partners
* use of barrier method during intercourse
Apicomplexa
Parasites of cells: Intracellular
What spp causes malaria?
Plasmodium
What is malaria vector?
Mosquitos
Malaria life cycle
Transmission to human –> sprozoites enter liver –> mitotic replication –> cell ruptures –> transmission to mosquito –> sporozoites develop
Where do sporozoites and merozoites of malaria come from?
- Sporozoites injected by mosquito bite
- Reach the liver (damage the cells, multiply asexually and come back into the blood stream)
- Merozoites reach the RBC and transform in Trophozoite