MISCELLANEOUS PROTOZOANS AND OTHER UNICELLULAR PARASITES Flashcards
Ingestion of CYST
Balantidium coli
Ingestion of Mature/Sporulated OOCYSTs
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cytoisospora belli
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Ingestion of SARCOCYSTS from undercooked meat
Sarcocystis hominis,
S. suihominis
ACCIDENTAL Ingestion of Mature/Sporulated OOCYSTs
Sarcocystis lindemanni
Ingestion of THICK walled cyst
Blastocystis hominis
Ingestion or inhalation of SPORES
Encephalitozoon intestinalis,
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Coccidians (oocysts)
the Diagnositc Stage is___
the Infective Stage is ___
Diagnostic: Immature oocyst
Infective: Mature oocyst
Except C. parvum - Mature oocyst is diagnostic and infective stage
Only Modified ACID Fast POSITIVE
Balantidium coli
Modified Acid Fast VARIABLE
Cytoisospora belli
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Common parasite of pig
Balantidium coli
Oocyst is immediately infective
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cyanobacterium-like body
Cyclospora cayetanensis
